This was one fan-bleeping-tastic day.
The Natchez Trace is easily one of the best roads in America if you travel by motorcycle. We started at the very beginning and rode all the way to a suburb of Jackson called Clinton, MS. The weather was perfect and the scenery was just as good. We have many great pictures, and I'll figure a way to upload some so you don't have to wait until we get home to see them.
The day wasn't without incident...but they were all good ones. No rain, for instance. Chris was cold in the morning, so she rode bundled up like she was competing in the Iditerod. I'm sure she was the only one in Mississippi wearing mittens! There were many motorcycles on the Trace with us. The miles seemed to melt away and we made great time. We ended the day by visiting the HD dealership in Jackson. What a crew! I probably can't write about everything that happened there because it would be a shame if everyone got fired or they lost their franchise.
I asked them for directions to the hotel at which we had reserved lodging. They told us that we had to cancel there and pick one in Clinton, because it was a much nicer town to stay in. So we did, of course. One of the parts guys led us through Friday rush hour traffic and brought us right to the front door of our new hotel. I thought he was going to jump out and run our bags up to the room...
All in all, a terrific day. Tomorrow we reach New Orleans. We'll drive down to the bottom of the Trace (in Natchez), the we'll revisit Highway 61 on our way into Louisiana. If we have time we'll stop in Baton Rouge, and if we're running late we'll press through to NOLA. We wouldn't want to miss a bit of Saturday night in the French Quarter.
Miles traveled today: 403.
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