{"id":23164,"date":"2020-04-07T17:56:23","date_gmt":"2020-04-07T22:56:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/?p=23164"},"modified":"2022-08-01T06:26:20","modified_gmt":"2022-08-01T11:26:20","slug":"mississippi-2005","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/mississippi-2005\/","title":{"rendered":"Travels in Mississippi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pascagoula, Natchez, Vicksburg &amp; Jackson (May 2005)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Our 2005 trip to Mississippi started along the Gulf Coast. From there we traveled up the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/natr\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Natchez Trace<\/a> to Natchez, Vicksburg, and Jackson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Airboat Ride<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/graphics\/ms-2.jpg\" alt=\"Airboat Ride\"\/><figcaption>Airboat Ride in a Mississippi Swamp<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Our first adventure involved an airboat ride at an alligator farm outside of Pascagoula. We thought the little guy might be overwhelmed by the speed but it turned out that he loved it. Grandma, on the other hand, looked less than thrilled (and that blue visor she&#8217;s wearing eventually flew into the swamp although we did manage to recover it).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Everyone got a close look at the gators when our guide threw handfuls of dried dog food into the water.<a name=\"Natchez\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Natchez<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/graphics\/ms-3.jpg\" alt=\"Carriage\"\/><figcaption>Carriage Tour of Natchez<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Next we headed west towards the Mississippi River and the city of Natchez. We took a carriage tour of the city, seeing many of the historic antebellum homes and various other sites around town. 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