900. Brandon, Rankin County (MS10)

I liked the Rankin County Courthouse more than the last few I had been to.  It had a little more heft and gravitas to it.  And, I thought, I was going to get lucky on time because there was a cache across the street!  But, like back in Forest, no joy.  I couldn’t quite tell what was needed and all the pine needles strewn everywhere obscured a lot of possibilities.  There went any possibility of saving time.  As I began to redeploy, a few sprinkles of rain began to fall.  I had been keeping an eye on the weather forecasts in Mississippi for a while because there talk of rain so I wasn’t surprised, and I also added the precipitation to the list of reasons my timetable for the day was busted. 

I took a one-in-a-million chance that a library Letterbox Hybrid might be available (it unsurprisingly was not) but ended up stumbling upon an ammo can placed at a tree between a church and an auto garage.  I’ll take it!  Inveni, inscripsi, reposui.  And then I began driving again.  Being the musical hack that I am, I warmed up a little Johnny and June because I was going to…

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