Friday afternoon, we decided to take off for the weekend. I had done some heavy duty yard work the previous day at my wife's Aunt's house, and we both wanted to see some new scenery. We packed lightly, put some water, soda, and fruit in the cooler, loaded up the dog and her stuff, and away we went. We took mostly non-Interstate roads to get to the Natchez Trace.
The Trace is a roadway or parkway operated and maintained by the US Park Service. It is 440 miles long and runs from just south of Nashville to (you guessed it) Natchez, MS. The road's origin and historical significance is that it was used in the late 1700's through mid 1800's by people who manned the riverboats and barges floating down the Mississippi River. After reaching the gulf, they would walk or ride by horseback back to where the work started again. The path they took was the Natchez Trace. The roadway is similar to the Blue Ridge Parkway, but not nearly so heavily traveled. There are many historical sites and things to see along the way. The speed limit is only 50 mph, and it was a very relaxing and beautiful drive. We got on the trace just north of the TN border (mile marker 375) with Alabama, and followed it to Jackson, MS (mile marker 90). We will explore the two ends of the Trace on separate trips.
The pictures show a bridge across the Tennessee River, some Indian Burial Mounds, and some wildflowers (red clover) we observed along the way.
3 comments:
I'm glad your wildflower viewing expedition went better than ours.
We weren't going to see wildflowers in particular, they were just a bonus to the rest of the trip. It's a shame the poppies weren't putting a on such a good show in the high desert for you. Give it another week or two.
As a first hand witness...the kitchen is awesome and the food prepared in it is extrodinaire...but you are requred to use a gooble and a messer.
The flowers here in TN this spring are amazing....jac:)
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