Nashville

Pirate's Marina Cove

 Mississippi University for Women

Tennessee Williams Home

We had a restful day yesterday at Pirate’s Marina Cove. Cooked breakfast, went to internet church- Calvary Chapel Gulf Breeze, did laundry and planned next legs of trip. It rained all day off and on. The cook was off last night so we had peanut butter sandwiches and watched CSI Las Vegas on the internet. We went to bed early. Only travel 30 miles today. We are now docked at the Columbus Marina in Columbus, MS. Columbus has over 200 antebellum homes. It was not destroyed during the Civil War because both sides had hospitals there and the local residents took care of them. This, also, is the site of the first Memorial Day celebration in 1866. We went downtown this afternoon to the Columbus Visitor’s Center which is housed in the house where the playwright Tennessee Williams was born (March 26, 1911). Columbus is also the home of Mississippi University for Women. The first public college for women in America (founded 1884). Tomorrow we are going to Waverley Plantation Mansion (Built 1852) and some others homes if time permits. We stopped by Wal-Mart for some food and water. We had Wendy’s for dinner. You can have fast food on a slow boat to Nashville.