We are now back in Mississippi having left Lou's spiritual home, taking a breakfast sausage po-boy with us and driven north on the Natchez Trace Parkway, an old route of the Choctaw and Chickasaw.
It's a quiet national park road now, running 440 miles up to Nashville. There are no commercial vehicles and the speed limit is 50mph and now that Lou has discovered cruise control, it was a very mellow drive which was enhanced by the Road trip soundtrack.
We are stopped in a town pretty much dominated by a Christian community and school. We're staying in a really pretty and relaxing B&B complex
They have pioneer events here. Glad to see second rule!
Lou is in the cosy lounge with piped music, which occasionally veers into vocals of a 'follow the light' nature. Pops is in his rocking chair on the porch.
The drive here included some excellent signs of the faith based nature of the area: Marked on a dusty lorry (none of the 'clean me' graffiti here): If you don't have Jesus, you don't have peace John 3:16; on the radio: "Is it politically correct? Definitely not. But it's biblical". That's alright then! And our favourite, on the roadside with a huge picture of Jesus in a classic attorney advertising stance: "Going in the wrong direction? I specialise in U-Turns", with the best website: Is he in you.com
As we turned onto the parkway, we stopped at a huge reservoir
Then later at Cypress Swamp, which was full of all kinds of flora and fauna. ALL the noise on this video is insects and birds, even the thing that sounds like an alarm.
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Lillies
Obviously on Lou entering the area, the Mozzies popped the champagne and dined out on her :(
She cheered up though (i.e. had a furry animal meltdown) on seeing a fox and cub sat on the verge.
So providing we don't convert/get burned at the stake, it's off to Muscle Shoals tomorrow for some sinful rock history.
Awesome: The ability of insects to be so loud.
Banjo: Den went for a wander by a stream and saw a snake. He was a tad freaked.
Diner: Roast beef and American cheese sandwich, broccoli salad, Mississippi mud cake, iced tea.
Co-pilot: And it was all going so well. No mistakes, but much muttering, snapping and hurumphing occurred. We think we are both around a 7 today.
Mozzies: LEAVE ME ALONE!!!!
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