We arose to a beautiful Saturday morning and noted a substantial increase in our camping companions ... probably due to the Miss Mississippi Pagent starting this weekend. After an egg, sausage, melon and toast breakfast in the RV, we lit out for the Vicksburg National Military Park. We were just in time for the firing of the cannon demonstration -- very noisy and very impressive. An excellant movie followed which described the events that let to and during the whole campaign. You can't fathom the heartache and peril associated with the eventual siege of the city. The park is very large and composed mostly of monuments to the units involved. There is an terrific 16 mile driving tour of the park with telephonic narration. They have restored a resurrected Union gun boat, the Cairo, which is on display with an accompanying museum of naval artifacts from the period.
We met with an old friend, Jan Lee, who graciously treated us to a terrific dinner at Jacques, a very nice local restaurant.
We plan to drive by car down to Natchez early tomorrow to check out some of the restored antebellum mansions and homes in the area.
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