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To Oxford, Mississppi
My wife is almost as eager as I to take day trips on Saturdays. So we decided to drive to Oxford, some 60 miles from Memphis. I have always wanted to see the Sardis lake, since it is long enough and wide enough to resemble the open sea. I have that craving for open horizons sometimes. You can pass the lake, driving from Memphis to Oxford. Most of the road is otherwise pretty much like this photo, just a straight line drawn through the landscape, with a few hills here and there.
This is a more fun road, leading to and from the lake.
Someone imported a vine from Eastern Asia to prevent soil erosion. It is fast growing and covers the ground quickly. However, it grows way to well and has become a real plague, killing trees and bushes over wide areas. The grayish cover on the trees in the foreground is this vine from last year, it hasn't quite started this season yet.
The weed grows fast enough to kill trucks, too..
Sardis lake is an artificial lake and the view from the top of the dam is what I had been waiting for.
I like this kind of Humor.
Next to the lake.
A smaller lake downstream the big one.
That's where most of the people were today.
Not quite the Pacific, but for me it was a joy to see open waters to the horizon.
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