Okatibbee Lake, Mississippi

Today we started our trip north for the season.  We followed US 45 north from near Mobile to Collinsville, Mississippi.  The short 180 mile trip brought us through lightly populated and heavily wooded parts of eastern Mississippi.  Collinsville is about 15 miles northwest of Meridian.

We set up camp at site 32 on the Black Gum loop of the Twiltley Branch campground at the Corps of Engineering complex at Okatibbee Lake.  In other words, we are camping for the night on a rather large lake in eastern Mississippi.

The sites in our area all have electrical and water hook-ups.  We had a roomy area on our door side, but the site was a bit crowded on the opposite side.

For $20 a night, we have a wonderful little piece of paradise for the evening.   All sites came with a large newer table, fire ring, grill and lantern  pole.  And best of all, we could not get much closer to the water without getting our feet wet.

 We sat out until dark watching boats unload and reload from the nearby boat ramp. A couple of jet skis were also seen racing from one end of the lake to another.  Many fishing boats were out and about.  Upon check-in, I was told that the fish have begun to bite which brought in the fishermen.

Surprisingly for us, the campground was quite full.  We were not expecting so many campers in March.  We are fortunate that we were able to get such a scenic site.  Unfortunately, we expect to be on the road again in the morning.