Well, we've settled in at Natchez State Park in Mississippi. This is our first stay in a state or national park and I think we're going to really enjoy staying in these parks and plan on staying in them whenever possible. Not only for the natural scenery and beauty, but it's also much cheaper...which is always a good thing!
We got a late start today. We didn't get up until 9:30 and didn't begin packing up to move until after 11:00 this morning...that's a first for us on move day. We didn't get packed up and out of Poche's RV Park until around noon today. And we miscalculated how long it would take to get from Breaux Bridge, Louisiana to Natchez Mississippi too. We miscalculated the estimated mileage; there was lot's of construction in several long sections of the highway and it took awhile to get to the state park campground and set up.
But we're here and it's beautiful. After setting up, we took a drive a couple of blocks down the road to the lake and took several pictures. We peeked out of the RV tonight after dark and Wow...is it Dark! If you stepped a mere 10 feet away from our RV to get away from the light inside, you literally cannot see your hand in front of your face! Now that's a tad scary for me. I told Mark if the dogs need to go out tonight...they'll just need to go in the 'house'--'cause I'm not stepping foot outside this campground until daylight!
Oh yea, on a side note, Mark took Duffy out for a walk earlier this evening, and we're right next to a big forest, and a deer had walked right out into the opening, just a few feet in front of them. Mark said the deer just stood there watching them for a minute or so, until Duffy decided to take off after the deer barking. We also saw a bunch of wild turkeys right down the road too. Hopefully we'll get pictures of those in the next couple of days. We're planning on staying here in Natchez State Park through Wednesday night and will continue north in Mississippi Thursday morning.
Tomorrow morning we're planning on checking out some of the sites in downtown Natchez. There are over 100 antebellum mansions in the area and several of them are open to the public and we'd like to check them out. There are also walking tours of the downtown historic district that we're hoping to check out tomorrow as well. Well, that about wraps it up for another blog update. In the meantime, stay tuned! I've attached a few of the pictures from our current location.
Houses not to be missed in Natchez include Stanton Hall (also a great place for lunch), Longwood, and Dunleith (also great for lunch or dinner).
ReplyDeleteIf you see nothing else, be sure to see those. But there are lots of others, too, including Melrose, Monmouth, etc.
Don't forget to go Under-the-Hill.
Enjoy your visit and thanks for coming to Natchez.