Lunch at the Ole Railroad Cafe in Natchez.

The cashier at Clara Nell's Deli in Natchez.

Frank Moak, owner of Natchez Bicycle Center.

This friendly horse spends his day pulling tourists around Natchez.

Started from: Natchez, MS
Ended at: Natchez, MS
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Staying at: Comfort Inn, Natchez, MS 39120 [tel. 601-446-5500 Rm. 103]

Distance traveled so far: 1186.1 km (737 mi)

Last Modified on 5/9/98 at 4:08:12

Day's Narrative: This was a leisurely day spent looking at antebellum homes, eating, napping and planning the trip up the Natchez Trace.

We had an early lunch at the Ole Railroad Cafe (photo). All the food is made from scratch. The Crawfish Etouffee was really good.

After lunch we went exploring and discovered the Natchez Bicycle Center and met Frank Moak (photo). Frank's shop normally doesn't carry tools, but when I said I needed a spoke wrench and a thin 13mm wrench, he sold me the 13mm from his own tools and found a spoke wrench in a cabinet. Thanks Frank.

Down by the Mississippi river I discovered a friendly horse who spends his day pulling carriages of tourists around town (photo).

We had coffee at Clara Nell's Deli. Neville claimed it has the only good coffee he could find in town -- being used to coffee from Seattle. We plan to have breakfast there tomorrow.

Later in the afternoon we went back to the motel and napped until time for our barbecue dinner at the Pig Out Inn on Canal Street.

Tomorrow we will be staying at the Oak Square Bed & Breakfast in Port Gibson, a scant 40 miles up the Trace. The weather is supposed to be clearing some. Today was cloudy and it drizzled most of the day. It was a good day to layover -- by accident.

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