Natchez
October
24,
2026
Hotel
Natchez Grand Hotel,
111 N. Broadway St.
Natchez, MS 39120 United States
Natchez, MS 39120 United States
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It’s going to be a big 3 days, headquartered in Natchez where we park right on the riverfront.
Day 1
Morning in Jackson. Visit Mississippi Civil Rights Museum which is very, very well done. Try Eudora Welty’s house if you can deal with unbelievably bad city roads and no parking whatsoever. If you are not wearing pantyhose or have not had a hip replacement in the last week or son, explore the Mississippi River Basin Model. Not what you think. You’ll see. You might want to visit the website first.
Mostly hop on and off the Trace going north. Group photo at Windsor Ruins.
Visit Vicksburg National Military Park, particularly the iron-clad steamboat U.S.S. Cairo.
Driver through Port Gibson, “the town too beautiful to burn down.” If you want, have a bite to eat and the very few restaurants in town.
Flower arranging for fancy dinner at plantation. Signature cocktail-making. Drink said cocktails on famous terrace.
Day 2
The BIG event and our only stop in Louisiana: Angola Prison Rodeo. There is only one way in and one way out. Very very long time in vehicle entry line. Ditto exit. Professional animals, professional purses. Amateur cowboys. It is hard to practice when you are serving life. Enormous “hobby craft” sales area. Surprisingly good. And inmate food trucks. Try the Coke funnel cakes.
Day 3
Off to Arkansas again over the second, and last, bridge between Mississippi and Arkansas that we have been looking at for three days. Frogmore Plantation & Gin, both historical and modern. We promise we will find our way through the lint without Ghost inhalation.
Back to Mississippi to visit Longwood plantation and if the fall Pilgrimage is on, more. You have officially reached your plantation quota. If you are not exhausted, take a quick drive through the Natchez Cemetery. It is cool.
Natchez Grand Hotel,
111 N. Broadway St.
Natchez, MS 39120 United States
Natchez, MS 39120 United States
It’s going to be a big 3 days, headquartered in Natchez where we park right on the riverfront.
Day 1
Morning in Jackson. Visit Mississippi Civil Rights Museum which is very, very well done. Try Eudora Welty’s house if you can deal with unbelievably bad city roads and no parking whatsoever. If you are not wearing pantyhose or have not had a hip replacement in the last week or son, explore the Mississippi River Basin Model. Not what you think. You’ll see. You might want to visit the website first.
Mostly hop on and off the Trace going north. Group photo at Windsor Ruins.
Visit Vicksburg National Military Park, particularly the iron-clad steamboat U.S.S. Cairo.
Driver through Port Gibson, “the town too beautiful to burn down.” If you want, have a bite to eat and the very few restaurants in town.
Flower arranging for fancy dinner at plantation. Signature cocktail-making. Drink said cocktails on famous terrace.
Day 2
The BIG event and our only stop in Louisiana: Angola Prison Rodeo. There is only one way in and one way out. Very very long time in vehicle entry line. Ditto exit. Professional animals, professional purses. Amateur cowboys. It is hard to practice when you are serving life. Enormous “hobby craft” sales area. Surprisingly good. And inmate food trucks. Try the Coke funnel cakes.
Day 3
Off to Arkansas again over the second, and last, bridge between Mississippi and Arkansas that we have been looking at for three days. Frogmore Plantation & Gin, both historical and modern. We promise we will find our way through the lint without Ghost inhalation.
Back to Mississippi to visit Longwood plantation and if the fall Pilgrimage is on, more. You have officially reached your plantation quota. If you are not exhausted, take a quick drive through the Natchez Cemetery. It is cool.