Back from Vicksburg

Holy cow we had a great time. The girl and her mom that we roomed with were a hoot and we all enjoyed our time. Friday we arrived at the hotel around 3:30pm so we checked in and freshed up a bit. We all decided to go downtown and do some window shopping. The downtown area is sooo cute. Lots of old shops and resturants with the Mississippi river as a back drop. The streets are all bricked and best of all the parking was free. The lady in one of the stores told me of a tornado that hit in 1953 and ripped thru her (wasn't hers then) store. She then showed me a picture of the damage it had done to the store itself. It seems that the tornado just sat down right in the center of this shop and tore the inside of it up.

This is just an alley way next to the stores. If you were to keep walking down this alley and a bit further down you would run smack dab into Ole Man River.

We then decided to go to a haunted tour of an old antebellium home. The house was built in 1863 and the couple that lived there had 11 children of which only 6 saw adult hood. The man who owned the home was a lawyer and a jeweler. At the time of the seige of Vicksburg Gen. Grant slept in the home and the original furniture is still in the room. Also there is a place in the floor where a cannon ball went thru the floor in one of the parlors.

After the tour was over we went back to the hotel room and got ready for bed. The girls had a 10:00 game and a 2:00 game and they needed their rest. Saturday all we did was soccer and went out to eat as a team. Sunday we had a very early game at 8 in the am. After that game we went to the Military park. I will post some pictures of that tomorrow to show some of what we saw. If you are ever in or around Vicksburg, MS take time to see the sights it is well worth it.