Natchez Trace (October 4, 2018)

Cheryl and I flew into Jackson, MS, on October 4 and took the Natchez Trace Parkway south to Natchez.  Just off the road is a portion of the Old Trace, a 500-mile trail from what is now Natchez to what is now Nashville.  The trail was blazed by Native Americans, then used in the 1800s by boatmen walking home after delivering goods downriver and by settlers headed south and west from Appalachia. They faced heat, mosquitoes, swollen rivers, sucking swamps, and bandits.  A broken arm or leg could spell death for a lone traveler.