Natchez Trace Parkway

I haven't posted in several days because "we" lost the cord that attaches the camera to the computer. I really wanted better pictures than the fuzzy ones from my phone. After three hours of searching every corner of the RV, Larry finally remembered putting it in the camera box. His logic for storing (that means hiding) things is infallible. Our memories are not. And what really amazes me is that we are living in around 400 sq. ft., and stuff disappears hourly. At home we have four times that space, and yet we can find things there. What is it with this RV?


Larry likes advertising our hometown. The shirt says, "Banner Elk".


This is our current campground. It is a Thousand Trails Campground in Hohenwald, Tenneesse. It sounds a lot like Hole-in-Wall, but nothing wrong with a small town. We went driving down a nearby road yesterday and thought we were back in Piney, 25 years ago. The ramshackle houses, cars on cinder blocks, overgrown yards...kinda brought a little lump to the throat...NOT. But it sure did look familiar.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 We took a few hours and a picnic and went out on a little visit to the part of Natchez Trace Parkway. We saw the place that Meriwether Lewis died under unusual circumstances.
"In September 1809 Lewis set out for the nation's capital to answer complaints about his actions as governor, and on this trip died a violent but mysterious death in a tavern about 70 miles southwest of Nashville, Tennessee. Whether he committed suicide, as Jefferson believed, or was murdered, as his family maintained, remains uncertain even today."
(http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/i_r/lewis.htm

 We even walked a short distance on the original trail that began as a bison trail along the ridge that bisects Tennessee. The bison were following salt licks. Later Native Americans cleared the trail more and used the Trace to connect various settlments. Then settlers used it to connect the Tennessee Rive and the Mississippe.  It really is 10,000 years of history.

The gnats were a serious nuisance so we didn't get far. Hopefully we can try some other stretches when we get to Mississippi and remember our "OFF"'

 And finally a question: What plant is this? I have seen it in North Carolina, but it isn't very common. I don't know what it is. I suppose I could Google it, but... maybe some of you would like to just tell me.

 

 

Tomorrow we move to another Corps of Engineer campground in Mississippi. You know, I'm not sure I've ever been to Mississippi. But we are FIRED UP AND READY TO GO

 

 

 

Nights in the RV thus far: 22

 

Miles traveled: 626