On the Trace South... Jeff Busby Campground

We are on the road again heading South on the Natchez Trace Parkway...

We visit some Native American mounds along the way...head toward the

Park's second campground Jeff Bushby. As soon as we arrive we are invited to a music jam with campers from Quebec. They are on the way home from spending the winter in Texas. They are wearing western clothes and speaking French!

The music includes saxophone, flute and guitar. Its a great time of sharing and having fun!

That evening we make some more Canadian friends and share our instruments

and music with them.

The next morning we are back on the Trace headed for the French Camp

which has a long history of settlement from Choctaw chief to Baptist Church School.

TUPELO MISSISSIPPI

Tupelo MS is a fun user friendly city with friendly residents. Of course I told them I was the President of the Elvis Presley Fan Club in Maine!

We took a day off the Trace to visit the Elvis Birthplace( the little white house in the photo), the Tupelo Hardware store( that's Norman in front of the store where Elvis age ten bought his first guitar}, the Auto Museum (one of the many unusual cars in the photo, and Jim's Barbeque. Then we did some needed shopping for supplies bedded down at the Barnes Crossing Campground which is full of birds. Played music on the porch there.

More Model A

We are now making a film of the trip down the Trace! Photos of the Model A and some more conversations with them. They have come from near and far...Washington state...Alaska. Some towed their A's here, some shipped, some drove, and they are off in small groups we see them everywhere!!!

The Model A Club of America

We are meeting up with the Model A Club of America all day!

We are also seeing lots of butterflies migrating back to the north.

We found a group of monarchs getting water for the trip.

We were able to buy non ethanol gas in Tennesee.

The wildflowers are in bloom on the hiking trails!

On Our Way to the Natchez Trace.....

Sunday April 10th we are on our way down the Natchez Trace Parkway a non commercial road created for natural exploration, camping, bicycling, hiking, learning the history of our land. No visit to the Parkway is complete without a visit to the Loveless Cafe at the head of the Parkway beginning on rt 100.

The Parkway goes from Nashville TN to Natchez Mississippi. It follows the old trace, a footpath, once used by Native Americans, and then adopted by the other settlers from the beginning of the US.

The Loveless Cafe is anything but loveless. The food is world famous....with biscuits, barbeque, and southern food a specialty. And it lives up to its reputation.

At the Loveless, we learn that the Model A Club of America is taking a trip down the parkway to Natchez.