We got up and partook of the breakfast at the motel. We decided not to tour the house at Natchez because they were only open to tour packages. It is Pilgrimage Celebration Time there and you have to sign up for a tour which is four hours. Instead, we headed out of town and got on the Natchez Trace. We made several stops along the way, to either read the signs or, at one stop, to see one of the remaining “stands” where people could stay while walking the trace north. We asked the guide about places to eat and she suggested the Piggly Wiggly in Port Gibson TN. The store has plates of food and sandwiches, etc. I got fried chicken wings, turnips greens, pinto beans and corn bread, and also bought grapes. Mary Harriett got tuna salad, saltines and pecan pie. She also found “Bruce’s hot sauce” and bought oranges and chips. We drove to the next picnic area and ate our food. The drive was lovely. We saw lots of dogwood, red bud in flower and leaves coming out on the trees. We saw a wake robin which looks a lot different from the ones up north. May apples were in abundance and a tall yellow flower that I think was a cress or a rocket. We got off at Jacksonville TN and took I20 to Vicksburg TN. We stopped at the the information booth and picked up a map of an historic driving tour of Vicksburg, so we did that. It seems most of the historic houses on the tour were bed and breakfasts. We were surprised at how hilly Vicksburg is. We decided we didn’t want to tour any of the houses, so we headed back to I20 and across the river into Louisiana. We're staying at the Days Inn in Tallulah LA. We ate at the truck stop - good.
20020325 Emerald Mound, Natchez Trace Parkway -2
20020325 Picnic spot on Natchez Trace -2
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