Today is Monday Labor Day. We wanted to rent a car to get around to see some sites in Natchez. We arrived yesterday but I knew we could not pick one up because the local car rental company is closed on Sundays. I saw there are a couple of city tour options so I decided not to worry about it and figure it out once we were here. I called this morning and Enterprise is closed today also. I know it's a holiday, but how does a car rental company make money when...

We were up early today to head to the National Battlefield Park. The main point of the park is to retell the story of the deciding battle of the Civil War. After watching the movie in the Visitor Center we got our bikes to tour the park. I thought the south is flat, but oh my, this town is on a bluff and the park road is full of steep hills. Gil documented what happened extensively on Facebook. We were separated - He went ahead of me on a hill and when I got ...

We had a restful night at Wal-Mart accompanied by two trucks. After a quick breakfast we headed out to get back on the NTP. We were busy talking and passed our first stop, so we had to turn around and went back to it. It was the Choctaw site. I am somewhat disappointed that they have not done more at these sights to showcase the way these tribes lived. This area also was the site of the Trail of Tears, but there is not much mention of that. Our second stop ...

Last night we had a bit of an adventure that culminated this morning. Before we left Nashville we filled up our water tank in preparation for a few nights on the road without reservation. When we stop for one night we often have no hookups; and if we stop at a campground we normally only hook up the electricity. We use the water in our tank and do not connect the sewer unless we need to dump the tanks. I took a shower last night, but the water pressure seemed...

We said good bye to Nashville early (for us) this morning - we were pulling out of the park at 9:30 as the first shuttle was arriving. We do not have a destination today, but a journey. After all they say it's about the journey not the destination. We headed out to find the northern terminus of the Natchez Trace Parkway about half an hour from where we are on the southern side of Nashville. The Natchez Trace Parkway is a 444 mile long National Parkway (in t...