It's November 15th, and after three nights at Diamond Caverns RV Resort and Golf Club, Eric and I continue our drive southwest toward Texas.
Today's drive starts out
under dreary skies.
Eric points out
Porky Pig Diner
in Smiths Grove.
Sprinkles start....
This truck looks like a
giant three wheel ATV.
The Western Kentucky
University Water Tower
WKU claimed this railroad
overpass too.
This Payday Loan Company
is letting passersby know
that Christmas is the time
to take out loans.
A bucolic scene
I'm glad it's not windy
today.
Waiting for permission
to proceed.
Adairville is "dressed"
for the Holidays.
Irrigation equipment
This elevated farm tractor
is a great landmark.
I missed the small green sign that designated the Tennessee State Line.
Tobacco hanging in
a barn.
We wind our way through
northern Tennessee.
It's 54 degrees....
Down right balmy after
the cold travel daysthrough PA, MD & WV.
A road crew stops to do
some work & one man
waves us onward....
...uphill....
A power crew is working
on power lines in the
rain.
As we approach the
Natchez Trace Parkway,
we see this sign...
No Commercial Use
Recreational Hauling
Only
We will not be seeing 18 Wheelers during our drive along this road.
We turn onto the Natchez Trace
Parkway & will drive its entire
length... 444 miles.
Native Americans used this north-south trail for thousands of years. European settlers used this well worn trail in the 1700s. By the 1800s, The Trace was one of America's first National Roads.
Mississippi Congressman Thomas J. Busby conceived the idea for the Natchez Trace Parkway in the 1930s and in 1937 President Franklin Delano Roosevelt approved the project. The Parkway became part of the National Parks System in 1938.
I am using the Natchez Trace:
to read about this roadway's
attractions.
Watch For Deer
Next 429 Miles
Grinder's Stand, the place where Corps of Discovery Co-Commander Meriwether Lewis died is up ahead. His grave is nearby. Eric turns off the Parkway.
Grinder's Inn, is where
Meriwether Lewis died
on October 11, 1809.
This nearby monument
This section of the Old
shows how narrow
the trail is.
The mile markers on the
Natchez Trace Parkway
are small, & on the left
side of the road for
southbound drivers.
We leave the Natchez Trace to
continue to our campground.
The bridge height is 11 feet 10 inches. Our motorhome is 12 feet 4 inches.... What to do??? Eric researched this specific bridge clearance situation before we left New York. He knows the work around....
Drive slowly off to the left
of the road along an
extended road shoulder.
Here we go...
There's plenty of clearance
for our motorhome on the
improvised roadway.
Eric returns to the road
& we finish the last leg
of today's drive.
We are staying one night at
We are parked with three
other RVs, beach side.
This is the view from our
windshield.
It's time for dinner and some relaxation. All of tomorrow's drive will be along the Natchez Trace Parkway.
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