Wednesday, 10 October 2018
Today is a travel day, leaving New Orleans and travelling some 220 miles (approx. 355 km) in just over 3 hours to Vicksburg taking the Interstate 10 west and then Interstate 55 North
Before leaving our hotel, we watched the weather channel to check out Hurricane Michael which was due to come on land at Panama Beach and Tellahassee. We have been lucky to gone out of that area earlier in the week but such a shame that such beautiful,places were going to be devastated.
Anyway, by the time we had left New Orleans, the skies had cleared, traffic was very calm and we had the highway all to ourselves as we drove up north. During our drive, we crossed state border lines – from Louisiana to the state of Mississippi. On the way we stopped to have lunch and enjoy the warm sunny weather and then continued our drive so that we arrived at our Holiday Inn Vicksburg Hotel by 2 pm.
Once we were checked in, we drove to down town Vicksburg to explore this historical town where time seemed to have stood still. Vicksburg is situated on the east banks of the Mississippi and had played an important role during the Civil war. This is all depicted in the Vicksburg Riverfront Murals which are located on the flood wall on Levee Street. Actually these murals were initiated by a local artist who painted an abstract mural back in 2001. This abstract mural depicts three maindiversities of Vicksburg: the river, the railway and the highway.
Further up the hill, we walked around on Washington Street where we saw other places of interest such as the old Court house now turned into a museum and the Biedenharn Coca Cola Museum – a restored 1890 building where Coca Coka was first bottled anywhere in the world in 1894.
Down by the river there were a number of cruise paddle steamers waiting for the passenger to come on board after a day’s excursion. It all seems so romantic to be sailing down the river in one of the paddle steamers.
And finally we completed our walk around and snapped some autumn set ups down the quaint streets.
After we had done some grocery shopping, we got back to our hotel and settled for dinner at the hotel.this way we cou,d get to bed at our own leisure times.
