Natchez, Mississippi

Dogwood Trees starting to bloom

At Rosalie Mansion, behind Bill is the bluff overlooking the Mississippi River

Behind the trees is the Mississippi River, still behind Rosalie Mansion

Stanton Hall - built in l857

This restaurant was built in 1940, serving pancakes and lunch, still open today

We are about 3 hours away from Natchez, Mississippi where Laurie's dad was born, so we drove up there for the day. We left at 6:30 this morning and it was very foggy so you couldn't see a lot for part of the drive. It was a beautiful drive, so many trees, so peaceful too. We stopped on the way at a lake that was beautiful.

So many grand, old homes in Natchez, some taken care of, some not. Sad to see them in such disrepair. We were able to visit several old mansions and so many of the houses have a sign in front of them with the year they were built.

We had a great "Southern BBQ" meal, ribs, baked beans and potato salad at a gas station, yes, I said gas station, it was delicious and we bought some potato salad to bring back with us, yummy!