We spent a good portion of the day on the Natchez Trace seeing the various sites. We did take a side trip to a Harley Davidson dealer in Jackson Mississippi. I now appreciate my Harley dealer so much more.
Our morning began early with breakfast at the hotel. We were on the Trace by 9:00 am central time. At that point the day was sunny and warm, but the humidity hadn't reached it's peak. This part of the Trace seemed more shaded. The clouds slowly built through out the day. We expected the typical pop up scattered showers we have had the whole trip.
Our first stop of the day was an overlook that was 614 feet high and considered the highest point in Mississippi. While we have each seen much higher places, this was no less beautiful. From there we continued down the Trace. We stopped at a swamp that wad really cool. I walked along the bridge through the swamp and listened to all the sounds of frogs and cranes and blue herons. The swamp was it's own world. From there we visited an overlook that was on the south end of a man made lake. We also stopped at a series of Indian mounds. While there our friend Kathy made a bold prediction that we were going to dodge the rain that was so evident I'm the cloud about. We left the Indian mound and were no more than five minutes down the road when the sky opened up with rain falling hard. About five minutes into the rain storm as I considered pulling over to put on rain gear, it stopped; just as quickly ad it began. Within ten minutes travel time we had dried off as the humidity climbed. In no time we exited the Trace in Natchez. We found out hotel, nicely located on the Mississippi River. A newer hotel, with a great pool which is a nice treat after a hot day on the bike. We traveled about 280 miles today. Tommie is a down day for whatever exploration we want to do.
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