Before leaving Vicksburg this morning I went to what is, apparently, the second most photographed court building in the United States. It is an interesting building and it’s location straddling the border between the Texas and Arkansas.
There’s a heat wave extending through many southern states and, while I don’t feel the effects of the heat when I am moving, it’s a different thing when I stop, even briefly for a traffic light or a stop sign. 36 degrees with no breeze at all is HOT.
Today’s route saw me cross the whole of the state of Louisiana, and arrive in Vicksburg late this afternoon. The battle for Vicksburg in the Spring of 1863 was about who would control the Mississippi. The Federalists led by Major General Ulysses S. Grant would defeat Lt. General John C. Pemberton’s Confederate troops. Tomorrow I will tour the Vicksburg National Park.
and then ride to Selma, Alabama.
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