Tom Bonte, AKA tbonte, and I planned about a week ago to take a ride/camping trip down the Natchez Trace Parkway and camp down in Mississippi. The plan was to meet at my place, then ride about 30 miles of twisty back roads out to the Parkway and then on down to Tupelo, MS. Unfortunately Tom called me about 6am Monday morning to say he was sick and wouldn't be coming. I was already up and had most the stuff packed on my bike so I decided to press on alone. Hope you're feeling better now Tom. Wish you could have come along.
Getting ready to head out
Stopped at a nice overlook of some farm land and talked awhile to a BMW rider who'd just gotten back from a ride through Italy.
I pulled off at the burial site of Meriwether Lewis.
All suited up and ready to ride
The weather was beautiful till I got down to southern Tennessee. Then I saw a little rain. I stopped in Collinwood, TN to get some gas and food. The pulled pork was decent.
Then another 100 miles down to Tupelo, Mississippi, the birthplace of Elvis. I pulled into Tombigbee State Park to camp. The lady asked whether I wanted normal or primitive camping. I went with primitive and ended up being the only person out there.
Mmmmm. MRE's
At least I got the peanut butter spread in this one. I hate the cheese spread stuff that comes in some of them.
Two raccoons showed up around midnight hoping I'd left something for them. They were sorely disappointed. It was kickstands up at 7am
Two states at the same time
It rained about the first 100 miles of the trip home and I almost hit a turkey that came running out of the woods. Wish you could have come along Tom. Maybe we'll try again next week.
