Those of you who follow our blog or know Bob, knows he does not stop anywhere in the motor home. When we leave campground A to go to campground B, we make no stops except for fuel. So before we headed up the Natchez Trace Parkway, with the motor home tomorrow, we took a 40 mile journey in the car to see Mount Locust and the Windsor Ruins.
Our first stop was the Mount Locust Inn. When traveling up the Natchez Trace between Natchez and Nashville. This was an Inn that travelers stayed at as they journeyed along the Parkway.
At the back of the house was a slave graveyard.
Only one grave monument remains.
Lovely park, Bob watch lots of bird here.
We drove on to Port Gibson. Stopped at the Visitor Center there to get directions to the Windsor Ruins and ask about a lunch place. She recommended The Country Store for it's buffet, just pass the Ruins.
Windsor Plantation at one time cover 2,600. Construction took place between 1859 and 1861. During the Civil War the house was used both by the Union Forces and the Confederate Armies. The home survived the war and continued to be used for social gatherings in the area. On February 17, 1890, a guest left a lighted cigar on a balcony and it dropped into a pile of wood chips. The fire burned from top to bottom making it impossible to extinguish and the house was completely destroyed. The only remnants today are 23 haunting columns, a few pieces of china, and a set of the wrought-iron stairs and portions of the balustrade. The wrought-iron stairs and balustrade are now located at Alcorn University.
We then took the recommendation from the lady at the Visitor's Center and went to The Country Store for lunch.
Would you go to lunch here? Well, we were not sure but it also had been featured in Southern Living, so we gave it a try. Best chicken we have ever tasted!!! Plus peach cobbler. Never judge a restaurant by it's exterior.
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