Friday, November 16, 2012

The Natchez Trace: Nashville to Tupelo

We had a nice time in Nashville but I didn't take many pictures. It's definitely a fun city that we plan to visit again some day. We were there primarily to pick up the Natchez Trace which is just south of Nashville. It is also very conveniently located near the Loveless Cafe. They are known for their wonderful southern cooking and we had dinner there last night and breakfast there this morning. I highly recommend a trip to the Loveless Cafe if you are ever in Nashville.




I wish every road in the country was like the Natchez Trace. It was a beautiful drive with lovely scenery, very little traffic and a lot of interesting stops along the way. Most of today's pictures are from the trace.

This is the view from one of the overlooks...
...and another view, a little further down the road......
...the double-arch bridge...
...an old tobacco barn...
...and a shot of the parkway through the windshield...
There are several places along the parkway where you can see the old trace. Here is a shot from one of the places where we were able to walk the original Natchez Trace...
We stopped at this memorial site to Merriweather Lewis. He died about 200 yards from this spot and his ashes are buried in the monument. It is believed that he committed suicide there but many people think he was murdered...
There were several Indian burial mounds along the trace. This one was used to bury sacred artifacts...
We plan to take the parkway the whole 444 miles down to Natchez. It was getting dark as we arrived in Tupelo so we may stick around another day to explore the area. Up until today, we were traveling in places where we had been before so we're excited to be in new territory. We added two new states to our "states visited" map today: Alabama and Mississippi.

Thanks again for stopping by. I hope everyone has a great weekend.






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