Shelter from the Storm

We have evacuated to Natchez, Mississippi, a small tourist-esque town on the banks of the Mississippi about 2 hours from New Orleans.  It's a lovely town, filled with antebellum structures and stunning overlooks down onto the river.  The bars stay open late and most are within a decent proximity-- the city rewards aimless wandering.

According to a history of the city I found, it had more antebellum structures, per capita, in it's city limits than anywhere else in the country-- they still stand because the town surrendered without a fight to Union forces during the war, being adamantly opposed to cessation to begin with.  And no wonder-- with more millionaires per capita than anywhere else in the nation at the time, clearly bloody battles would be bad for business.