Kit and Carol on the Road

What a romantic thought--actually the moon is almost full and the skies are clear tonight. Last night we had a walk along the mellow Mississip to see the Christmas light show in a nearby park. WE LOVE NATCHeZ. Plus we love having an RV park within a few minutes of a town we want to visit. That's a rare combination. Natchez is an ideal small town with nice people and lots of Antebellum mansions. There are almost no tourists around at this time of year so we had virtually private tours at the two we visited. It's fun having conversations with the guides. We learned that local people are called Nacheezians. So what have we done in 2 days here--walked a lot around neighborhoods, visited churches --St Mary's Cathederal is really awesome and we've seen European catherdrals, found a quilting shop and a book shop, had some great lunches, visited an Indian mound site and museum, went shopping for some things for Kit's birthday present... One of the neatest places we went (a tour guide told us about it) was to a photo exhibit at the Presbyterian church. There are hundreds of old turn of the century photos from the town's professional photographer of the time--some are posed portraits but many are slice of life shots around the town. And.. we had a long conversation with another local who noted our plates and wanted to know if we were from Yakima. The town is decorated for Christmas-- wreaths and garlands on all of the old houses and a huge Christmas tree in the middle of Main Street--they are all artificial. The temperature today was 68 degrees and the sun shone--the nicest day in a long time. Rain and thunderstorms on the way as we travel tomorrow. Diesel here is $2.49 which is about 10 cents more than in Alabama.