Well, after nearly a year we are about to begin on an abbreviated trip down the Natchez Trace parkway. The NT is about 440 miles long extending from Natchez, MS to Nashville, TN. Our trip will begin Saturday morning from Cookeville, TN. Our first stop will be the Loveless Cafe in Nashville. More important is that this is the entrance to the NT. Unlike last year we are going to take our time. Our first night will be in Tishamingo State Park in MS. Along the way we will listen to a guided tour of the parkway. My fear is that it may put one of us to sleep. There is a lot of history on and along the Trace. Before steamboats, goods were floated down the Mississippi to Natchez where they were sold to wholesalers there. This included their boats. In order to get back up where they could buy a boat and make the trip again they took this old road. Along the way many were aware that these boaters were carring a goodly sum of money. A lot of these were robbers and murders. The trip was rather treacherous. As we go along I'll try to update you. Maybe there will be some photos that can be made and added to this.
I hope that we can convey to you a little of what we experience. Get ready and we will start on Saturday.
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