Heading for Natchez

11 Dec 17

We left Canton, MS and intended to arrive to the end of the Natchez Trace in Natchez , MS. There are two Natchezs: one on the east side of the Mississippi River and one on the west side of the mighty Mississippi and they are joined with a mammoth bridge. We are staying in the MS Natchez as it seems more prosperous and someone more populated. They are both old cities as Natchez was founded as a French colony in 1716 and the word Natchez is the ancestral language of the Natchez people who historically inhabited MS and LA.
We finally completed the Natchez Trace Parkway journey about 2 PM as we arrived in Natchez and after driving thru  town we decided to go to the Visitors Welcome Center to find out what are the " must see " in town. 
They have a Hop On: Hop Off bus tour around town so we will do it tomorrow morning. We watch a 15 min video of Natchez which depicted several people glorifying the reasons why the love Natchez ( and right so ) but I only noticed one black person in the documentary. Incidentally, 54 % of Natchez is black. "Go Figure."

Natchez was the home of many wealthy cotton Barons, hence there are some huge mansions.  We visited 3 of the the last time we were in Natchez about 8 years ago. After the Civil war the houses were abandon and in reason years wealthy Americans have obtain these homes and are restoring them to there original style as best they can. 

 Carroll inquired about a Pub or Restaurant  that would have music tonight  and we were told that there was some Blues music at a Bistro which opens at 5 PM. Thinking we might not get a seat we arrived at 5.  On our arrival the Blues player was tuning his instruments so we grab a good seat and order dinner, over priced I might add. After we finished dinner we ask when the music would start and the answer was around 6:30 ish. Well, we couldn't sit around for another hours so we left and toured the town. 

As we pulled into our hotel we notice a mini  bus pull out with a Casino advertisement on the side so we inquired and the bus will pick you at your hotel free of charge , take you to the Casino and bring back anytime so we went to the Casino for an hour. Because we are first timers at this Casino we each got 10.00 free Play. Carroll managed to win 10.00 but she lost my 10.00 so we took her's 10.00 and came home. Cheers