#196 Nomad Diary. 20-26 July 2024. Weekend in Madison, Alabama. Road Trip: 3 Nights in Natchez, Mississippi. Arrive Lake Dallas, Texas Airbnb Thursday.

Grandpa Darrell Reading with Owen
Harvest, Alabama Airbnb. Computer Work.
Arriving Our Bed and Breakfast in Natchez, Mississippi
Our Room in Natchez, Mississippi
BnB in Natchez, Mississippi
Street View in Natchez, Mississippi
One of the Many Stories Retold in Natchez, Mississippi
Rainy Day Walking Around Natchez, Mississippi
View of Bridge Across the Mississippi River Between Natchez, Mississippi and Louisiana. Taken at 'Under the Hill'
Old and Decorative Park Bench in Natchez, Mississippi
House We Toured. Worth the Tour!

Natchez City Cemetary is Worth a Look at!
One of the Many Mansions in Downtown Natchez
Nice Park with Fountain Behind the Catholic Church in Natchez
My Encouragement to Myself This Week.
A Viking River Cruise in Port at Natchez

Saturday. 20. Spent time at Eric and Erin’s house with the little ones! We also enjoyed an afternoon gospel singing at Eric’s house. 

Sunday. 21. Finalized our packing and dropped off some of our boxes at Samuel’s house.

Monday. 22. Drive Harvest, Alabama to Natchez, Mississippi. Stay Mon,Tue and Wed nights at an 1830’s Beaumont House Bed and Breakfast. We enjoyed our stay at Natchez. Breakfast was cooked each morning and served to us and other guests. The town has amazing history that is pre-civil war and then through the civil war and into the 20th century. Many conflicts in this region between black and white people. We toured old houses, walked through the streets of town admiring the architecture. 

Tuesday. 23. We enjoyed eating at different restaurants in town. Went to the city cemetery with it’s beautiful trees and unique grave markers. 

Wednesday.24. The old Presbyterian Church in town has a fabulous free museum of old photos from 1860-1910. The story of the regional photos and how they came to be here is interesting too. 


My Feet on the Dash. View Looking Out at the Rainy Drive Through Louisiana Toward Texas.
Found This BBQ Place (Dive) on Google with Good Ratings
The Chicken and Potato were Excellent!
Darrell Driving Through Dallas. I Take Pictures of the Stacked Freeways!
Freeways in Dallas
Sunset Near Denton, Texas
On a Call with Owen

Thursday. 25. Drive to Corinth, Texas, north of Dallas and close to Denton. Arrive at our ‘Splashy Studio’ and check in through Monday for 4 nights. Out to dinner late with Cyndy, Kylie and Mom and Dad. 

Friday. 26.Breakfast at our studio. Dinner together.

Nomad Notes.

Slower Travel: lol. One way to make our road trip travel slow down is to spend more nights in one location. We opted for a three night stay ½ way from Athens, Alabama to Natchez, Mississippi. Then on to Darrell’s folks in North Texas.

When we were road tripping all over New Zealand we had some 1 night, some 2 night and some 3 night stays. We enjoyed our 3 night stays more. But I do want to put my hand up for having as short of driving days as possible in New Zealand too. We were able to cover a lot of territory and generally minimize our driving times to less than 4 hours. That’s because we were willing to pack, unpack and move again.












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