Natchez Trace Parkway

After leaving Tupelo we got on the Natchez Trace Parkway. This was originally a game trail, the Native Americans used it as a major migratory route, then the settlers made it into a roadway and finally the ParkService have made it into a National Park

Graves of 7 unknown confederate soldiers on an old part of the Trace.

The Trace starts in Natchez Miss. and ends just south of Nashville Tennessee. It is a neat 2 lane road with gentle hills and lazy curves. 50 MPH MAX. Very enjoyable if you’re not in a hurry.

Throughout the centuries there have been many enterprise’s including a steel mill. Someone dug a millrace 250 feet long 15 feet wide and 5 feet deep by hand. That close to 700 cubic yards.

There are lovely little waterfalls emerging from the sandstone.

I hiked down some “unimproved “ trails to see them.

Future Bicycle trip?

We arrived in Nashville to a cacophony of truck traffic that is unremitting days later.

Things were not going according to plan. The first day in Nashville. So we decided to check out the farmers market.

It is on a nice site at the base of a hill the state capital sits on.

In 1996 the state celebrated their bicentennial. Part of the celebration was this marble wall celebrating significant people and events in the state history.

It is made up of these segments

I could have spent many hours there reading The first 10 or so panels deal with prehistoric times.

I like the hope that despite this trail going to one side people came to their senses and created these first panels.

. Well Done

Remember our single knuckle heads that are doing to lead? I give you William Walker

Till next time

Paul