Natchez day 2

It always amazes me that we can wake up with no agenda and then spend the entire day being busy. The last time we were here we toured a few of the historic homes and did a city tour. Didn't need to do that again. We ate lunch at a restaurant just above the river. It was overcast, wet, windy and generally miserable so our motivation to hang too long outside was low. There were some street signs directing drivers to a place called "Four Corners". Turns out it was an old Slave market. There w9e0re some historical markers explaining that spot and the Slave trade in general. Natchez was a big Slave trading center. It was sickening. 63% of the current population is black. After that we drove for a few miles on The Natchez Trace Parkway. The Natchez Trace was an ancient indian path about 400 miles long that started here and worked its way up into what is now Tennessee. The trail goes right by a huge Indian mound called "Emerald Mound". It's 8 acres, which makes it the 2nd largest Indian mound in the country. It took 300 years to build starting in 1200. It's hard to grasp how much dirt had to be moved to build it. A basket of dirt at a time. When humans get motivated the results are frequently spectacular. We move tomorrow. We have 2 one night stands on the schedule.