More on Natchez Trace Trip

I have really fell behind on doing any posting. 

 And completely left out the last part of our Natchez Trace trip in April!

So here is the deal...we hoped to finish out the Trace,

but only made it up to Meriweather Lewis. 

So guess there is another trip in works...we will finish the Trace!!!

Here are some pics from our Jackson to Meriweather Lewis trip

We stopped at the French Camp and it has a great historic center and museum there.

Also there is the Council House Cafe and the potato soup and

the 'Big Willie' BLT was great!!!

This pic below is a little hard to see because of the  screen

they had to prevent us from entering, but loved the wood floors, walls

and ceilings.  The old beds and sewing machine.

Below is the museum and it is full of old photos, historic papers,

wonderful vintage clothes and vintage tools and much more!

You can check out more about the French Camp here 

North of Tupelo there is a side trip you can take, that

will take you onto part of the original trace.   Just one lane

and dirt roads.  Only about 2 miles so not too long.

This part of the Trace show some of the destruction of the

torando that came through last year, April 2011. Lots of

trees down for a long way.

And finally to Meriweather Lewis monument on the

Natchez Trace.

Lewis was traveling on the Trace north and was

'mysteriously' killed....or so they say.....

We turned our truck around, headed back to the campground

in Tupleo. There is a nice Natchez Trace Visitor's Center in Tupelo on the Trace.

The Natchez Trace Campground  (I think)

Nice campground, and they are working on more improvements.

On the Road Again

We are off and running up the Natchez Trace again.  This time to finish out the parkway.
Last fall we started in Natchez, MS and made it up to Jackson and had a wonderful time.
But that was all the time we had for the trip. We have been planning to finish out the Trace
for some time.  Finally the time has come.....

We left Robertsdale this morning, made a couple of stops before hitting the MS state line.  Our plan was to take off where we ended which was on the Clinton side of Jackson, but as it turned out we decided to get on the Trace just north of Jackson and on the west side of the Ross/Barnett Reservoir. 

We made one stop in Magee for lunch at Penn's Fish House for our usual poorboy sandwiches.
DH had catfish and I had Shrimp and they were good.  We discovered the diner a couple of years ago when we were going back and forth from home to Clinton when a dear aunt and uncle were in need of care.  They passed away in 2010, but every time we find our way going toward Jackson, we stop at Penn's.  So that is my commercial for them.

We have been on a diet change, trying to eat healthy and hopefully we can stick to our new eating style, but it is hard to pass up a poorboy sandwich.  More on the diet later.

We stopped at Sam's to get some of that $3.58 gas and filled up the truck.  By the way we travel in a Chevy pickup with a pop up truck camper, (this is from an earlier trip).  It is tight inside, but we spend much of the time outdoors. 

We made our way onto the Trace and followed it up along side the Reservoir.  That is a huge lake, I only wish we had stopped for a picture.  Lots of folks just pulled off the side of the Trace and fished or enjoyed the wonderful weather.  And the weather was great, lots of sunshine and lots of wind.

We traveled for approx.  20 miles and got off for the night.  We are staying one night at the Holmes County State Park just off I-55.  It is not the best of campgrounds, but it will do for overnight.
We did enjoy a short walk this afternoon and sitting outside and enjoying the quiet and peacefull surroundings.

In the morning, back on the Trace where we got off and on to Tupelo.  We will stay in a state park there for a couple of nights while we finish up the Trace.  Hope see some wildlife tomorrow and stop at some historic sites.

So it is late and must get off to bed. 
More later on our trip!

Historic Natchez Mississippi October 2011 Trip

The Mighty Mississippi River looking south from the

Natchez Visitor Center

Stanton Hall in Natchez Mississippi

Beautiful House and Grounds

We had a wonderful time in Natchez. We camped at the

Natchez State Park, just north of Natchez. It was a very nice and clean

campground. We were there for 5 days and met folks from all over!

Our plan was to visit Natchez for a couple of days and then travel up the Natchez Trace.

Well, we decided to stay at the campground for a couple of more days.

Only made it up the Trace to Jackson, MS.

Our plan now is to resume the Trace soon and follow it through to Tennessee.

I will post a few more days later of other historic places we visited.