Small and Hard in the Big Easy – part 2

It’s time to head back to New Orleans and for my return to the city, I stayed on the west side of the river taking mostly a straight shot up Highway 23. But here’s where one of my choices became …

Small and hard in the Big Easy

When I finished yesterday’s post, I was wending my way through heavy traffic in Baton Rouge on my way to New Orleans. Since nearly every reference I’ve made thus far about my GPS has been negative let me praise it …

Vicksburg to NOLA – A ruin, a mound, and the Day the War Stopped

As the crow flies, the Windsor Ruins are about 12 miles from Port Gibson. By the Natchez Trace, the drive is about twice as far. The Natchez Trace Parkway begins (or ends) in Fairview, Tennessee (near Nashville) and ends (or …