Natchez Trace Terminus — Sadly It’s Road’s End
©Bert Gildart: We’re off the Natchez Trace now and are trying to take a few tentative steps to explore the country music aspects of Nashville. We also feel privileged that Gary Johnson would drive from his home in Kentucky to visit us here in Nashville. Gary is another old friend from my days at what is now the University of North Alabama.
Bridge representing one of the last major aspects of construction creating an uninterrupted highway stretching almost 450 miles from Natchez, Mississippi to Nashville, Tennessee.
But the Natchez Trace is still on our minds essentially because I took so many images during our week travel along the Trace and am just now processing them. Included here, then, are a few shots from the northern end of the Parkway that dramatize the aftermath of a spring storm; a hike along the Old Trace; and an image of Janie studying an interpretive column noting that General Jackson traveled here to help preserve America’s Freedom in the War of 1812.
Downed tree near Meriwether Lewis burial site; Old Trace trail; Janie studying an interpretive column noting that General Jackson traveled here to help preserve America’s Freedom in the War of 1812.
Finally, I’ve included the image of a bridge representing one of the last major aspects of construction creating an uninterrupted highway stretching almost 450 miles from Natchez, Mississippi to Nashville, Tennessee. The Trace is one of the incredible components managed by the National Park Service, and one we’d recommend to anyone.
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