Drove from Raccoon Mountain to Tishomingo State Park, Mississippi. This park features geology that one would expect to find in the Appalachians or the Ozarks, not in Mississippi. Very cold, although temp is 50 degrees. Our site is near the lake and it seems bitter cold to us Floridians. Wind died down in the evening. Our site has no neighbors due to the cold, I'm sure, and the sites have a lot of distance between them with trees everywhere. Ducks and geese are on the lake, and I saw a grey heron trying to catch his dinner before flying off in the sunset.
Met a nice couple retired from the Navy and we talked about their escapades with trailers and motor homes as they have been fulltime for many years. We have no satellite, cable, or local channels and no cell coverage but we enjoyed the lanscape so much we didn't care.
Rays Reflections - Natchez Trace Parkway We have heard a lot about Natchez Trace Parkway so we stayed in the beautiful State Park in Tishomingo on the parkway. The weather turned very cold, but it was refreshing. The park did not have 50-Amp service or sewer, but a dump station. Again we stayed two days and no biking. Drove some of the area. Nearest grocery store is 35 miles away. We drove the parkway south toward Vicksburg. The drive was very comfortable, little traffic, pretty scenery, slow speed limit, and mostly good road. About twenty miles north of Jackson, MS, there were overpass bridges with no height sign and each one getting lower. I turned off to the interstate. I am going to say this just once and get it off my mind. Some interstate roads in Mississippi and Louisiana are poured concrete slabs and each one is NOT level with the last, therefore creating an uncomfortable rhythm when driving at any speed. Yeah! You know what I mean. Air ride on the coach helps, but get the roads fixed.
November 12, 2005 – Drove the Natchez Trace Parkway and found it to be boringly straight and narrow at times, but beautiful trees. Weather warmed up to mid-60s..
Ray: The Parkway runs from (south) Natchez, MS to Nashville, TN. Very pretty drive but slow due to speed limits. A very low cross bridge is near Jackson, MS.
