Grand Gulf Military State Park

5/1 May Day – Grand Gulf Military Park State Park – Full Hookups - $17 – Upper and Lower Campground – 8 miles north of Port Gibson, MS
We drove down from Vicksburg on 61 to Grand Gulf Road to get to this state park. The drive off of 61 is about 7 miles on a curvy road but even big rigs won’t have problems with it. You do drive by a Nuclear Plant and sometimes many of the workers camp here especially in May. The lower loop campground is easier for big rigs to get into because the upper loop is straight up a short hill. We selected the upper because it has better TV reception and my husband wanted to watch the Celtics/Heat playoff game. The park itself is interesting and hilly. Your campground fee allows you to drive or walk around the park. There is a museum which displays the history of Grand Gulf, the civil war battle that took place here and how the Mississippi River affects the small town. Outside the museum there is an old church, water mill and house, Fort Wade, Spanish House, Old Grand Gulf Cemetery, Rifle Pits, Observation Tower, Gun Emplacements. We walked around the whole park on a hot, humid day and it was the first time in four weeks that we have been attacked by bugs. Let me tell you we were thrilled to get back to our camper, the hills, bugs and heat were exhausting. There is a half mile drive across the street to the banks of the Mississippi where you can see barges coming and going but we could not drive or bike it because most of the road is already underwater and they expect that when the river crests by May 15 most of this park will be underwater. This was a good stop and the storm hitting MS is expected to be up North but we are heading down the rest of the Trace tomorrow and staying at the Natchez Trace State Park for three http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=2514760001457557635&postID=6620689845361164228#nights while we tour the beautiful city of Natchez.