What a beautiful day to drive the Natchez Trace! Our first stop was Mount Locust, a restored historic inn. As we traveled north, the map showed us where the original trace went and when we were actually traveling on top of the old road. On several occasions we left the trace to explore small towns-Port Gibson, Clinton, and Oprah’s hometown of Kosciusko. The trace followed along an 8 mile long reservoir then alternated between rolling open farm fields speckled with grazing black and brown cattle and then pine and oak forests with their limbs stretching over the roadway to make a branching, woven tunnel. Our last stop for the day was the Trace State Park, just west of Tupelo. As we entered the park, we were greeted by several groups of deer and their half grown fawn, skittering across the road in front of us. The campground was quiet and we parked right by the serene peaceful lake.
Thursday morning was another sunny day (65 degrees again) and we drove to Tupelo. We found the Tupelo Hardware Store where Elvis’ mother bought him his first guitar when he was only 11 for $7.90! The gentlemen who greeted us were very friendly and offered lots of interesting information about their charming town and the eclectic displays in their store! We found Elvis’ restored home where he was born in 1935 and strolled thru all the displays that told of his life in Tupelo until the family moved to Memphis when he was 13. Back at the trailer, we got our chores done- Harry cleaned house and fixed a pot roast and I did laundry.
Friday we move on up the Trace thru the NW corner of Alabama and into Tennessee. Our destination for the night is a park just south of Nashville. There is threat of SNOW on Friday evening so we plan on being parked before then. Imagine- SNOW! The folks around here are excited about getting some but we are not!
Thursday morning was another sunny day (65 degrees again) and we drove to Tupelo. We found the Tupelo Hardware Store where Elvis’ mother bought him his first guitar when he was only 11 for $7.90! The gentlemen who greeted us were very friendly and offered lots of interesting information about their charming town and the eclectic displays in their store! We found Elvis’ restored home where he was born in 1935 and strolled thru all the displays that told of his life in Tupelo until the family moved to Memphis when he was 13. Back at the trailer, we got our chores done- Harry cleaned house and fixed a pot roast and I did laundry.
Friday we move on up the Trace thru the NW corner of Alabama and into Tennessee. Our destination for the night is a park just south of Nashville. There is threat of SNOW on Friday evening so we plan on being parked before then. Imagine- SNOW! The folks around here are excited about getting some but we are not!
