We are in Louisiana, our 39th RV state and crossed the Mississippi again. I mentioned to Jerry if I count the states I visited on vacation with my parent and children, there are only 3 of the 50 states I have not been to, Nebraska, we are going there in August, Hawaii and Alabama. The map is really filling up.
When we left the Vicksburg area we traveled on the Natchez Trace Trail. It was something I wanted to do before we left but a bit out of the way. Since we had time on Monday, we were able to do it. It is such a beautiful peaceful ride and some historic stops on the way. We passed a small US Government campground, since it is part of the National Parks system there are no services, there is not even water, and completely free to stay there. We have one night without reservations and we are staying there tomorrow night. I can’t wait to stay in the forest!
When we were finished driving, we arrived in Natchez right in time for lunch. We saw The Pig Out Barbeque and stopped. The ribs I had were amazing and way too much to eat, so I had some for lunch and the rest for dinner. Jerry had the pulled pork plate and he said it was really good. We brought some back for dinner and lunch.
We walked around town and along the river. The town has so much history and is very beautiful. However, it is still technically winter and it is the high 70’s and the humidity is so high you can wring out the air. I am not sure how people can live here in the summer.
The next day we took a taxi to town so we would not have to find a spot for our RV on the narrow streets. The RV park is 5 miles from downtown so the taxi worked well. The front desk gave us the number of 2 cab companies. The first one charged us $19 to go the 5 miles. We were talking the driver who said she was born in IL in Alton. We walked around and read the signs and had a great time. We found some more Blues Trails signs.
We stopped for dinner at a restaurant that was an old bank. It was a lot of fun to see how they had repurposed the original bank. The place where you would fill out your deposit tickets, still had the little slots where the paper was and they made it into a high-top table. The vault was where they had the wine. We both ate chicken sandwiches that had the spiciest dressing I have ever eaten. My tongue was throbbing!
When we left, I called the other cab company to see if it was cheaper, it was $12. Each driver had a different car, but both were born in Alton, IL????? What are the odds, I still am not sure it was not the same woman.
Wednesday, we stayed at the park, I had work to do and heavy rain was predicted. Our space is very close to the river and we have a great view of the tug boats going by. They have a really large dog park that Ernie is enjoying. The rain did not fall, but it was still noticeable in the air.
Today is our last day here and we went to the Delta Music Museum and Arcade Theatre housed in an old Post Office in Ferriday, LA. The town was famous as the birth place of Jerry Lee Lewis. The museum had quite a bit of his memorabilia. I did not know that Jerry was both first and second cousin with both Mickey Gilley and Jimmy Swaggart. They actually have handouts to show how the woman in the family are both grandmother and aunt to the three of them. And not just one woman – three, a very strange family tree. I was fascinated. It seemed the only criteria to be in the museum was that you had a tie to Ferriday. There were a lot of musicians in Ferriday, in fact one of them became the governor and continued to perform while he was in office. Like I said a strange town that I found very fascinating.
After we left, I convinced Jerry to go to a soul food restaurant. He was really hesitant about it on the verge of grumpy. It was really good food and the people who ran it had did a great job. I tried the chicken po’boy and Jerry had the shrimp po’boy.
When we got back we did lots of laundry and all the internet things we had to do since tomorrow will be no internet.