Natchez Mississippi



A camellia blossom in early Spring.



One of the many shops in downtown Natchez. John J. Audubon was a frequent visitor to Natchez, he lived for a number of years as a guest on one of the plantation homes just outside town.



Will the real Audubon Gallery please open its doors. (I think it's nice that they can both get along).



A tow passing under Natchez's twin bridges; you see the Natchez Lady Luck casino and the America Queen in the background.



The Ole Railroad Cafe getting ready for lunch.



The Mississippi River is overrun with casinos -- Natchez has two of them, and Mississippi, the poorest state on the river, has most of them; go figure.



A view inside one of Natchez's many antique shops. Natchez is an antique shopper's motherload.



A long time famous landmark on the River Road just north of town. Mammy's was still open for business the last time I drove by.



No, Natchez isn't a suburb of Orlando; it's not even in Florida, but you can still get away with painting your house pink.



Woah! This is the stuff of Victorian novels. Elizabeth arrived at the Harcourt manor shortly before afternoon tea on that eventful day -- a day she would both cherish and dread in the months to come as her debt to the manor's lord, Master Guy Ravenal, would in truth exact a price only she in her heart...



Not even Natchez escapes the blight of poverty so widespread throughout the State of Mississippi.



The backyard of one of Natchez's plantation estates.



The America Queen stopping off at Natchez -- nothing short of glorious!