Photo Blog with Waterfalls, Hiking, Outdoors, and other Adventures
My last stop was a bust, but when life gives you lemons you adjust and make the best of it. Or lemonade, I don’t know. In this case it afforded me the reason to detour to the Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Park in Hodgenville, Kentucky. The park is split into two separate units, right … Read more
I was having fun in Alabama but the clock is running out on this trip and I needed to start making miles closer towards home. Decided to take a chance on the holidays helping keep crowds down on a last-minute visit to Mammoth Cave National Park in Kentucky. Campground Weather forecast at Mammoth Cave looks … Read more
Not much time left before sunset, and it looks like some heavy rain is on the way for the evening (also look at those low temperatures, below freezing even down south!). Time for one last stop before finding a campsite. My first ever stop in Alabama is at the Freedom Hills Overlook near the town … Read more
My final stop in Mississippi for this journey is at Bear Creek Mound along the Natchez Trace Parkway near Tishomingo. According to the National Park Service sign, this site has been used by humans going back 10,000 years: “The village site was occupied as early as 8000 B.C. by hunters who stayed only long enough … Read more
img alt tags Pharr Mounds is the next stop on my Natchez Trace Parkway exploration at milepost 286. Quote from the entrance sign: Pharr Mounds is the largest and most important archaeological site in northern Mississippi. Eight large dome-shaped burial mounds are scattered over an area of 90 acres (100 football fields). These mounds were … Read more
Made a brief stop at the Natchez Trace Parkway Visitor Center in Tupelo, Mississippi to learn more about the history and culture highlighted along the route. If you have the time I strongly recommend watching the educational film detailing what the Trace is, historic use, culture, and the modern Parkway. There is a large history … Read more
I continued along the Natchez Trace until I reached Tupelo, Mississippi making a brief stop at the Tupelo National Battlefield site managed by the National Park Service. This isn’t a very large site but does have some interesting history and a couple of old cannons if you are in to military history (hint: I am … Read more
Leaving my family in Amory, Mississippi and beginning my trip north towards home. I had heard about the Natchez Trace but wasn’t familiar with what it was so I started there to learn more. My first stop along that route was at Bynum Mounds. The Natchez Trace Parkway is a scenic highway that follows along … Read more
Continued north from Taum Sauk Mountain and crossed onto I-55 which means I am getting close to home with familiar highways. Before leaving Missouri I was able to squeeze out one final stop at the Ulysses S Grant National Historic Site in Grantwood Village. Weather today is warm but quite nice with abundant blue skies … Read more
I came into this spot blind last night just looking for a place to sleep. Randomly winding up at Big Spring in Missouri just searching for a campsite? Pretty fortunate. I broke camp and drove just a short distance outside the campground to find Big Spring but you could walk/hike the Slough Trail if you … Read more