We took part of the Natchez trace and than turned off to see the Windsor Ruins. An amazing sight at the end of a dirt road in the middle of dense woods. All that is left of the huge mansion are these gigantic columns with very elaborate iron work on top. The man that build it died weeks after it was ready, the civil war spared it, but about 20 years later it burned down by accident.
It is very surreal to see morning sun peaking thru the dense woods lighting up the columns.
We walked around for a while, but it is a sight that gets stranger as you keep looking at it.
Huge ornate columns that serve no purpose in the middle of the woods. When the house was there it must have looked just as strange: A huge mansion with a mix of European architecture in the middle of a Mississippi forest. That is what new money did in the 1800's.
They are so large that it is hard to get them all in one frame.
Cast iron detail on top of the columns looks brand new and shinny.
The road from the Windsor Ruins to Fort Gibson is the perfect motorcycle road. Well paved, winding, and no traffic.
Today there was no good way to avoid the Interstate after our detour to the ruins and Fort Gibson. The good thing about interstates is the choice of restaurants. We picked a Cracker Barrel for Breakfast. It was yummy!
From there we took the Interstate past Jackson, MS and Meridian, MS to Tuscaloosa, AL. Pretty uneventful ride with little traffic on the roads. Compared to the last few days it was almost cool. Only 92 degrees..
Today we rode 310 miles.
Now we are checked in to the La Quinta and will leave early tomorrow for the Mercedes Benz factory tour.
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