Solitude

We continued our journey up the Natchez Trace Parkway on this beautiful morning. It was a long leisurely ride, and in retrospect we probably should have taken an additional day to complete this 440 mile drive. There are historical markers and places of interest all along the way and although we stopped many times, we only utilized a very small percentage of what was available to visit and explore.

Our first stop was at the Mississippi Craft Center. This is a wonderful art center that displays the best of the State's arts and crafts. Jim was very interested in the blacksmith, but when he saw the wooden bowls, vases and jars, I could hardly pull him away. He still talks every day about making wooden bowls. Fred definitely inspired him when we were in Iowa!

We stopped for lunch at French Camp. We ate on the porch of a home of a Choctaw Indian. It amazed me to think that I could touch the same walls that an Indian built in the early 1800's. For some (uneducated) reason I related cabins such as this one to white settlers and not to Indians. There was also a dog trot house from the same time period and other settler cabins for us to look at. It was an interesting site to visit.

We saw more deer and wild turkey on our drive than we did other cars. We felt like we were driving through the forest all alone for the most part. When we arrived in Nashville this early evening it was almost shocking to experience so many cars and trucks scurrying here and there after enjoying a slow, mostly solitary drive for two days.

We decided not to spend much time in Nashville other than an overnight stay because we have been here before and we are looking forward to spending time in Kentucky tomorrow.