En-Route From Memphis to New Orleans

My boyfriend and I are driving from Memphis to New Orleans on November 3rd. Where%26#39;s worth a visit on the way. We can take 2 nights out if need be. I looked at Clarksdale and Tunica (but that sounds a bit fishy to me ha ha. I guess we%26#39;re looking for somewhere that catches the essence of the state? PS Other legs of the road trip are ATlanta to Memphis and New Orleans to Houston which I%26#39;ll post on the relevant forums but feel free to chip in if you have any thoughts.

En-Route From Memphis to New Orleans

Take a look through

www.visitthedelta.com

Great info and highlights about all the towns along that route.

IMO, Clarksdale, Vicksburg, and Natchez would be stops that capture the ';essence of the state';.

Tunica has some nice hotels at the casinos, but that%26#39;s all Tunica is. You will not ';see Mississippi'; by visiting a casino at Tunica.

You can post additional questions on the forums for these cities, but for lodging, a couple personal suggestions I%26#39;d make, are:

Clarksdale:

www.shackupinn.com

Vicksburg:

www.cedargrove.com

Natchez: LOTS of the Antebellum tour homes are inns.

Look at the Natchez lodging section of TA.

You also might want to leave time to do some of the drive along the Natchez Trace (www.nps.gov/natcheztrace).

Nov. 3, (in MS) is right about when the leaves are their prettiest in terms of Fall color.

Hopefully that can get you started.

Have fun,

Miller

En-Route From Memphis to New Orleans

I am so sorry...I messed up those links.

Vicksburg Inn:

www.cedargroveinn.com

Natchez Trace Parkway:

www.nps.gov/natr

Miller

You will probably mainly be taking I-55-S from Memphis directly to N.O., right?

Vicksburg might be out of your way a little; but it is approximately an hour drive to the West on I-20 which takes off of I-55 in Jackson, MS, my home area. It has a Civil War Memorial Battlefield, a few casinos along the river, and interesting architecture in the various homes and such.

The Natchez Trace which starts up around Nashville, TN, and goes all the way to south Mississippi around Natchez, MS....lots of woodsy scenery, a few lookouts....interesting leisurely tour of the Tennessee/Miss./Alabama countryside. Here%26#39;s a good site to check it out:

www.nps.gov/natr/planyourvisit/index.htm

It doesn%26#39;t take you directly to New Orleans, though. You wind up more northwest in Natchez closer to the western Miss. and Louisiana border. However, you can get to New Orleans from there easy enough.....just find you a map for that area.

There is ALOT of interesting cajun/creole countryside in and around New Orleans and Baton Rouge. You will find alot of interesting things in that area.