Vicksburg was a strategic, Confederate city high on a bluff over the Mississippi River. The siege of Vicksburg lasted for 47 days in 1863 and was one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War.
Taking a brake in Rosalind Carter's butterfly garden outside the Plains Visitor Center. President and Mrs. Carter still live in their same house as when he was elected and are regularly seen around town.
Day 2 saw us visit our first NPS site of this trip. It was the site of the Confederate's largest POW prison. It was the most deadly site of the Civil War because over 13,000 Union soldiers died there due to the deplorable conditions. Pictured are the entrance to the stockade (reconstructed) and us at the Springhouse.
We capped off our first day on the road with a little home away from home: PS4 Baseball. We've been having so much fun this summer playing that we decided to bring it on the road. For the record, Dad won 2-1 by stealing home in the top of the 9th.
To all who come to this virtual place, welcome. I am thrilled to be a member of Disney Vacation Club's Bay Lake Tower at Disney's Contemporary Resort. I welcome all comments about the resort, especially from anyone who shares my enthusiasm for DVC’s crown jewel.
This blog will contain posts with periodic observations leading up to my first planned trip to Bay Lake Tower in September 2009. To start off our fifty years on the right foot, we’ll be staying in a Grand Villa with a Magic Kingdom view. I expect the sight from the two-story floor to ceiling window will be spectacular.
I’ll use an early June trip to Disney Vacation Club's Vero Beach Resort as a warm-up for the big September trip since this is my first blog. I expect to also blog about my future Disney trips including planned excursions this October and December.