Driving the Natchez Trace

Wednesday we awakened early. We heated the water and I showered for the day. We left Tuscaloosa around 8 and drove west. When we entered MS, we stopped at the welcome center and got some information on the Natchez Trace. We had visited Natchez before and liked it, so we chose to take I-20 west through Jackson and then south on the Trace. Before we got there we stopped for lunch and a nap around noon. We were both hungry and drowsy by that time. We drove on to Pearl, a suburb of Jackson, to the Flying J where gas was $2.17 per gallon. We have been told that it is below $2 per gallon in the Valley but suspect this is as low as we will see until then. We had a leisurely drive down the Trace, avoiding two possibly fatal collisions and arrived at the Natchez Wal-Mart around 6 when we had chili and some frozen vegetables we had taken from Texas last spring. We really didn’t want to take them back. I went into the store here and bought a copy of O Brother, Where Art Thou? We really like that film. I have not found The Passion of the Christ anywhere. We will take a tour of one of the antebellum plantations in the city tomorrow and likely spend one more night here. We did see some remnants of the hurricane (uprooted trees) along the Trace but have seen no house damage as yet. It is awaiting us, however. We prepared some cards and letters to send before retiring. The location we are in does not yield any TV stations so I will miss some of my shows. The good news is that they will be rerun in the spring. J