Where do you go with 20 tons of whiskey?
In Mississippi, apparently, you go to the State Police.
This is not something I ever though about before. As a lifelong teetotaler, I wasn't all that curious about the interstate transportation of spirits. So I was a bit surprised when I pulled into the parking lot of my consignee's warehouse and found that the parking lot was being repaired at the state's expense.
It appears that the State of Mississippi's “Office of Alcoholic Beverage Control” is the only wholesaler in the state for this particular product. Makes it easy to collect the taxes and keep dry counties dry, I suppose.
The things you learn on the road...
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Or, "A View from a moving Window." Or, "Trucker? Nah, I just drive the thing."
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