Surprises in Corinth, Mississippi

Next stop, Corinth, Mississippi. Bob researched places to stay and came up with Corinth RV Park which is a Passport America campground. It is also home to Corinth Gun Club. We knew we wanted to tour Shiloh Battlefield again so we decided to stay 2 nights in Corinth.

After making our way through Memphis--did I mention we hate traffic, we had a short trip to Corinth. We followed clouds most of the way with only a few raindrops daring to hit our bug-filled windshield. At least the temperature didn't go above 100 degrees!

We found the rv park with no trouble and picked out a pull through space. There were a few other campers, but not enough to limit our choice of spaces.

After setting up and resting for a bit we drove into Corinth. We made a quick trip to the visitor center. We marked it on our GPS as it would be a good overnight stopping place in cooler weather.

For a small town, Corinth has many sightseeing opportunities. National Park Service operates Civil War Interpretive Center. There is a Coca Cola Museum, Contraband Camp, Crossroads Museum, and an antebellum house just to name a few attractions. We took some brochures to plan our visit. As we left the visitor center, we drove around town to get our bearings.

On our way back to the rv park we stopped for gas next to 'The Slugburger Cafe.' The name definitely caught our attention. It seems that when ordering a burger in Corinth, one needs to specify beef or slugburger! Seems there is even a slugburger festival every year.

The next morning we started our visit at Civil War Interpretive Center.

The center was interesting and had many artifacts. The fountain behind the center had blocks representing battles. The larger the block, the more casualties suffered in the battle.

From the center, we drove north to visit Shiloh National Military Park. We visited in 2009, but Bob wanted to visit again. This time we just took a quick driving tour of the battlefield.

We decided to splurge and have lunch at a local restaurant with some historical interest--Catfish Hotel .  We enjoyed our lunch, but had much more than we should have eaten. And no, we didn't eat catfish, although the plates that went to other tables looked delicious. Bob and I both had shrimp--fried for him and stuffed for me.

On the drive home we did some geocaching. There were caches at or near many of civil war sites along the road.

We enjoyed our visit to Corinth and will probably visit again someday as we only did a portion of the sightseeing available.

The next morning we packed the rv and headed for Huntsville, Alabama. Our plan was to stay at Redstone Arsenal.