Nov. 8, 2011

November 8

Back on the boat.  Since we have the rental car for another day, we decided to go to Columbus to tour the antebellum homes.  We were able to visit Tennessee Williams Home which now serves as the Welcome Center for the city of Columbus.  Then off to Temple Heights, an 1837 four story home with porches on three side and fourteen Doric columns.  Dixie Butler, owner,  gave us a wonderful tour. Then off to Waverly Plantation Mansion, built in 1852 and one of the most photographed homes in the South.  It stood vacant for over 50 years before Robert Snow purchased the home and restored it to its former grandeur.  If old homes could only talk...the tales and secrets they could share would be fascinating.

We were close to Tupelo, Mississippi where Elvis was born.  We drove past, but we did not tour his home.

Rental car in the sinkhole at Midway Marina.
 

           Our rental car fell in a sink hole during the night and we had to have it towed before we could start our tour.   In the background in Midway Marina, where our boat was docked.

Waverly Plantation Mansion, built in 1852.