The Travels of Eric and Lorna

I really feel for the folks that had to walk from New Orleans to Nashville and on to Kentucky or wherever. Something close to 500 miles by road just from Natchez to Nashville. Even if you figure 20 miles per day (which is optimistic for a party on foot), that's still 25 days. Anyway, we started out on our drive. If you don't know, no commercial vehicles are allowed on the Trace, and the speed limit is 50 mph. It's pretty scenic throughout, even the parts you might not expect to be. The NPS has done an excellent job of preserving the viewshed of the Trace. We didn't stop a lot in the morning, since we had a lot of miles to cover. We first came to French Camp. This was a park that was said to be among the highest points in Mississippi. There was another segment of old trace. We then came to Bynum Mounds We also stopped at Pharr Mounds . And Bear Creek Mound . We then came to one of the most importan...

So Lorna and I celebrated our 25th wedding anniversary last week with a trip to Asheville, North Carolina, and Townsend, Tennessee. This was a road trip for us, and we took L's car, since it is newer than my outback, and has a lot less miles on it. It did great. Poverty Point is a large Archaic period mound site in northeastern Louisiana.   https://www.nps.gov/popo/index.htm     The largest mound.  After Poverty Point, it was on to Natchez to start the Natchez Trace. In Natchez, Mississippi, we had lunch at King's Tavern , as one does before setting off on the Natchez Trace. I guess to really be authentic we should have gotten a  room for the night, but we still had to make Jackson before we stopped. In all seriousness, King's Tavern is awesome and you should make sure to go here if in Natchez. After lunch, we started the Natchez Trace. Read up on this road a little if you don't know an...