I love to travel, But hate to arrive --Albert Einstein February 13, 2005, Sunday. This was a travel day and it rained and rained. This is perhaps the heaviest rain day since we left Pittsburgh early in January. We drove from bayou country, LA, to Natchez, MS. Natchez was our destination because of the well know bike trail. It runs over 400 miles from Natchez, MS to Nashville, TN. The Natchez and Choctaw Indians used this “trace” for hunting and later this same path was used by the merchants that floated their goods down the Mississippi. They sold their wares, even the boat for lumber, and walked home on the Natchez Trace, some to Nashville, and others as far as “Pittsburgh”. Natchez is a Parkway for autos, two lanes, 50 mph, but also a bike
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