We drove into Jackson. The weather was beautiful, crisp, clear, sunny and not too warm.
Jackson is the State Capital of Mississippi. However, like Frankfort in KY it is not too big. It does however have two Capitol buildings. The older one was replaced in about 1920 because of structural problems and water damage as a result of a passing hurricane and it having been outgrown by the administration. Rather than knock it down, they have developed it as a museum about itself! It also tells the story of how the elected houses work. It was very interesting. Before we went in we needed lunch, so I just stopped a random guy, who was photographing the building. We started talking and it turns out that his family had made the lime that was used in the mortar when the original capitol was built in the 1840's. He also directed us to Hal and Mel's, a bar round the corner in an old warehouse, where you could get great seafood. We had a very pleasnat lunch. Sally and I tried Gumbo for the first time. It is a spicy soup of shrimp and chicken and vegetables poured over rice (at least this one was), which we had with a crawfish (freshwater shrimp) Po Boy (open sandwich). We loved this - also loved the restroom which was done out as a graffiti style tribute to Elvis, with lots of quotes about Elvis drawn on the wall (if you can't beat them join them must be their motto).
Road Trip 6:.....Tennessee To New Orleans and Back To Florida
This is our Sixth trip and this time we plan to see friends in Tennessee and North Carolina then follow the Natchez Trace Trail to New Orleans. We arrive on the 6th September. We will:...
*See some friends and do some bluegrass in Florida.
*Pick up our Trailer in Knoxville
*Cross back into North Carolina and explore the Cherrokee area of the Smoky Mountains.
*Drive the Natchez Trace trail from Nashville to Natchez, then drive on to New Orleans
*We will get to Memphis this time.
We will then return to Florida to see friends, do more Bluegrass and lay up the trailer.
We fly home on the 2nd December.
We hope that you might enjoy sharing our adventures.
*See some friends and do some bluegrass in Florida.
*Pick up our Trailer in Knoxville
*Cross back into North Carolina and explore the Cherrokee area of the Smoky Mountains.
*Drive the Natchez Trace trail from Nashville to Natchez, then drive on to New Orleans
*We will get to Memphis this time.
We will then return to Florida to see friends, do more Bluegrass and lay up the trailer.
We fly home on the 2nd December.
We hope that you might enjoy sharing our adventures.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
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