Today was spent looking at four of the antebellum homes here in Natchez. According to the southern belles who gave us the tours of the homes, Natchez had the highest per capita millionaires in the United States in 1850. We visited Magnolia Hall, Shields Town House, Routhland, and, finally, Longwood. The Natchez Pilgrimage House Tours website shows some pictures of them.

What a full day. It’s 10:30pm and I’m tired. We completed the Trace today. We thoroughly enjoyed it. Several memorable stops. We started out the day with a Crafts shop the ladies really wanted to see. We got there about 30 minutes early. So someone had the brilliant idea we would walk the trail. It felt too much like exercise. We then exited the Trace and using I-20, we went to Vicksburg National Military Park. I took a lot of pictures. The link for pictures is below. One memorable stop was Windsor Ruins, about 10 miles southwest of Port Gibson near Alcorn State University. It was surreal. Go to the link and read more about it. We finished the night with a very nice dinner at a Mexican restaurant walking distance from the hotel. There, we were serenaded with the theme from Pretty Woman, Sante Fe, and some song that you periodically yelled “Tequila.”

Natchez Trace Parkway - Day Three photos