Drove my Chevy on the levee
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Sep 23, 2010
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Jul 13, 2012
Natchez, Mississippi
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
We drove along the river road until Dean got bored of the 35mph speed limit and then we jumped on to US61 and headed to Baton Rouge. Here we crossed the Mississippi and drove along a scenic byway that sort of followed this mighty river. We discovered that some of the time we were actually driving on top of the levee. Cool! Upon arriving into Natchez, we crossed the river into the state Mississippi and looked for somewhere to cook dinner and camp for the night. As it happened, Walmart was handy. We then settled in and watched a couple of episodes of Being Human and then went to bed.
27th Oct.
Woke up around 7am but decided to stay in bed for a bit as it was still quite cold. Got up around 8am and headed off north along the Natchez Trace Parkway towards Tupelo. We stopped for breakfast at one of the many picnic spots and later on had lunch by Pearl River where we saw a vehicle older than ours. A 1922 Ford Truck, which was driving the Parkway with two other Model T Fords but they were a bit behind as they kept stopping. Part way along the Parkway is a small section that was destroyed by a tornedo in April this year. It really is odd how exact a tornedo can be. Just this one section of the parkway forest has been uprooted and tossed around. One minute you have trees full of the colour of Fall and then destruction and then as if nothing had happened, we're back to the Fall colour.
