Category: Mississippi River 2022
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Day 42 – Natchez
It’s October 27, and it’s been exactly six weeks since we left home and started this long journey. Today we visited the city of Natchez, Mississippi. We spent the morning touring Stanton Hall, the largest mansion in a city of large mansions. We also took a carriage ride through the center of the city with…
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Day 41 – on the Trace to Natchez
On October 26 we drove from Vicksburg to Natchez, the next-to-last stop on our tour. Our route took us over two storied highways of the South, US Highway 61, also known as the Blues Highway, and the Natchez Trace. We began on Highway 61, starting in Vicksburg and going just past the turn for the…
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Days 39 & 40 – Vicksburg
On October 24 we traveled from Memphis to Vicksburg. And on October 25 we spent a VERY full day touring Vicksburg. This was probably the most packed day of the tour. A little background about Vicksburg. The town sits high on the banks of the Mississippi, or at least it used to. What, wax it…
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Days 37 & 38 – Parkin mounds and a park for Gracie
October 22 and 23 were free days for us. As we have tried to do on this trip, we looked for things to do that could include Gracie. On the 22nd we visited Parkin Archeological State Park in Parkin, Arkansas, about a half hour drive from where we were staying. This turned out to be…
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Day 36 – Memphis, Civil Rights Museum
This day, October 21, was devoted to another side of Memphis’s role in America history. On April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr was assassinated on the balcony of his room in the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. Dr King’s influence in the civil rights movement of the 1950’s and 60’s was so enormous that the…
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Day 35 – Memphis, Music
What do you think of when you think of Memphis? Many people would say “music”, or “the blues”. There are many opportunities to experience the music that came out of Memphis, and today was our day to connect with a couple of the most significant ones. Our day began at Sun Studio. This recording studio…
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Days 33 & 34 – We’re going to Memphis!
October 18 and 19 were travel days between St Louis and Memphis. This is over 300 miles on the Great River Road, too far for one day. So the tour adds a stop in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, to break it up. We had an easy 2-hour trip to the Cape, as it’s called. There were…
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Day 32 – Lewis and Clark
During our visit to St Louis we were staying in the town of St Charles. Although St Louis was the departure point for most of the 45 members of Lewis and Clark’s Corps of Discovery, Lewis himself joined them at St Charles. The town gave them an elaborate send off, and it lays claim to…
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Day 31 – More St Louis Icons
October 16, the 17th day of our Mississippi River Run tour. We are halfway through already! We’ve been so busy and having such a good time it’s hard to believe so much time has passed! Today we visited Forest Park in St Louis, which in addition to being a huge and lovely city park, has…
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Day 29 – Meet me in St Louis!
October 14, the start of our fifth week on the road and the third week of the Mississippi River Run tour. Today we traveled from Hannibal to St Louis, Missouri. Our destination, Sundermeier RV Park in St Charles. This was primarily a travel day, but it did have the sort of jewel box experience that…
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