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Left Dallas September 21st and headed east. This will all be new territory for us. We crossed the border into Shreveport, Louisiana. We were surprised at the size of it and the number of big casinos. You'd think we were back in Nevada. We then crossed the Mississippi River into Vicksburg, Mississippi. Wayde was disappointed that the River wasn't as big as he thought it would be but I was thrilled at all the boats and barges. Vicksburg was the first Civil War battlefield we saw and I was sorry we couldn't spend more time there. We passed the turnoff to Natchez Trace. I have read about it so many times it was exciting just to see the turnoff. Wayde rolled his eyes and and I knew he thought "It's going to be a long trip." We spent the night in Jackson, Mississippi and it was "hotter than a pepper sprout."