After leaving Shirley and the Golden Pond RV Park, we had a very short drive through the Ozarks to a Harvest Host called Paw Paw's Pecan Farm in Atkins, AR. Of course we had to stop there!!! Great place, beautiful and quiet, and the owners gave us a tour of their home (which is also a B&B). We bought jam, muscadine jelly, and canned tomatoes. MMMMMMM!
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| What a great, peaceful place to camp! |
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| Their home from the driveway. Beautiful! |
From Paw Paw's Pecans we headed to Canton, MS. This town is just north of Jackson, and is very close to the Natchez Trace. We wanted to explore the southern part of the Trace after exploring the northern part last fall.
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| Part of the old Trace |
Rocky Springs ghost town. It started to decline during the Civil War, General Grant stayed in town to rally his troops before the battle at Vicksburg. After that, yellow fever, boll weevils, and the spring dried up, so the town was abandoned.
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| Rocky Springs is an old town site. All that remains is this safe and a cistern |
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| Rocky Springs Methodist Church built in 1837, still in use today |
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| Church cemetary |
Then we had a picnic along the way.
Mount Locust is a home along the Trace that was used as an inn for travelers, and was also a farm.
We ended up in Natchez on the Mississippi River. We had a great day!
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