Growth (tree & shrub) along the Highway continued to increase in size. The land seemed to be more rural with exits leading into unpopulated areas more than towns. Over 200 miles of our trip were on one pretty straight concrete road increasingly through wetland areas. There were only two significant sized communities along this 200 mile stretch. Clearly we were traveling through the rural part of this state.
We did note as we traveled South that the presence of "nodding donkeys" (oil pumps) in the pastures increased. It's quite evident that cattle and horses aren't bothered by this machinery at all. Also we noted a few more cotton fields as we moved further South.
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| Those are bales of cotton in the background |
We arrived early to a pleasant campground surrounding a small private lake. Our sites turned out to be on the lake, and after a team discussion and online work we firmed up our reservations for the next 4 or 5 days. This gave me a little daylight freedom to take out my ultralight fishing rod and have a few casts in the lake. It was advertised as a good Bass lake so given the hour of the day I put on a medium sized surface lure and gave it a go. It seemed that all I was attracting were a bunch of turtles, a few ducks and a small kitten that came near to see what was going on. As i was about to quit, I tried one last cast along the shore and got a hit after about 2-3 feet into my retrieval. I quickly landed a nice fat 14-15" Smallmouth Bass.
After a quick picture, he was back in the lake, and he gave a great jump after swimming a few feet as if to say "and goodbye to you !".
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