Day 30
November 10
Jackson, Mississippi
Dear Miss Smith,
We weren’t in too much of a rush to get out this morning, as Jackson is less than an hour from Vicksburg and the sun was out. After the day inside yesterday we were ready to get out into that sunshine. The dogs needed to get out and run off some of their energy anyway. So after breakfast we drove to a park to spend some time moving. Timber and Penelope loved it! Of course I brought Timber’s ball and Frisbees. As you probably know, whenever there is a ball around Penelope practically goes crazy until she has it to play with so she claimed that almost immediately and the girls ran around with her. I can throw a Frisbee farther than I can throw a ball so that was a better activity for Timber. Big dogs don’t do too well in cramped spaces for an extended amount of time. He loved getting to chase that around so much! Priscilla stayed near me, making some last minute plans for this week. After about half an hour or so we loaded everybody up and headed to Jackson.
Our first stop was the Eudora Welty house. She was an author from the ‘30s and 40s and had the cutest house! Perfect for a writer, I’d say. When you first walk in you see a long straight staircase in front of you, alongside the wall. I love staircases! I know some people (my mother included) don’t like having to go up and down stairs but I like them and they add a nice touch to a home. Perhaps it’s the mystery factor of not knowing what is at the top of those stairs. This staircase was simple and straight for the most part but there’s a window at the top that, on sunny days like today, gives the impression of going up into another world, brighter than this.
There were several rooms, all great for a writer.
My favorite spot was the garden outside. You know how I love anything garden- and outdoor-related. But I won’t go into profuse detail about that as I have only a short time before Priscilla comes to go to bed and then I must turn off the light.
It was getting close to lunch time so we had to figure out whether we wanted to find a restaurant in town or fix our own lunch at the RV. We ended up fixing lunch ourselves, it was just easier. We had peanut butter and honey sandwiches (growing up I always preferred honey to jelly and I have thus influenced ‘Cilla. I’m still working on Natalie and Lydia.) Then we went to a nearby ice cream shop and each got an ice cream cone.
We couldn’t possibly go through Jackson without visiting the capitol. It’s the 3rd capitol building that they’ve had here, built in 1903 though it was redone around 1980. They do say it was kept true to the original building. The top of the dome reaches 180 feet high! One of Priscilla’s favorite parts of that stop was seeing the statue on the grounds erected in memory of Confederate women. After seeing the Governors’ Hall we went up to the 4th floor to watch the house and senate in session. Have you ever gone in to watch what happens at the capitol? You should, it can be very interesting at times. And then at other times it can be rather boring. Today was so-so, not too boring and not extremely interesting. Pretty informative though.
Right now we’re half way to Natchez, spending the night at an RV park. Lydia and Natalie are in bed and I hear Priscilla coming so I’d better get Timber out of here so we can get to bed.
Sincerely,
~Amy~
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