Ho Hum

Nice sunday afternoon. Walked with the family up to the Collis Wade Depot, which is the student bookstore. An impressive example of corporate insinuation into the life of a public university. A complete Barns and Noble and Starbucks along with a complete textbooks section, atheletic apparal with MSU logos, souvineers and school supplies all under one massive roof and right next to the football stadium. We got some books for the kids, some colored pens and Bulldog T-shirts. We have two tickets to the MSU vs. U of South Carolina game this thursday. They came with Mrs. Tobit's new faculty welcome package. We got the kids some pom poms too. I like the school colors, maroon and white. I look good in maroon.
Saturday we drove out to the Natchez Trace parkway and drove around. We found a spot that seemed to say that you could walk along the original Natchez trace. We took the trail into the woods and after about a hundred feet it just came to a dead end. WTF? We blazed a new trail to a country road and ambled back around to the car. Then we drove to Jeff Busby campground and up to a bluff with an overlook. I think I read there that it was one of the highest points in Mississippi, if not the highest. Something like 610 feet above sea level. Back in town we had a pretty nice meal at a restaurant in the Cotten District. The kids behaved well. They have been very good this whole time. The weather has cooled off considerably. Today's high was 93.