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Saturday morning was very rainy but we decided to jump in the Wrangler with our dog and take a drive on the Natchez Trace Parkway even though the site seeing would be hampered by rain, clouds and some fog.

The Natchez Trace, also known as the "Old Natchez Trace", is a historic forest trail, which extends roughly 440 miles from Nashville, Tennessee, to Natchez, Mississippi, linking the Cumberland, Tennessee, and Mississippi rivers.

The trail was created and used by the Native Americans and was later used by early European and American explorers, traders, and emigrants in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. European Americans founded inns along the Trace to serve food and lodging to travelers.

Today, the path is commemorated by the 444-mile Natchez Trace Parkway, which follows the approximate path of the Trace as well as the related Natchez Trace Trail. Parts of the original trail are still accessible, and some segments are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

We did see some wild life along the way... including a turkey trying to keep here two little babies dry during the rain. We also saw some historic sites as well and I learned something about Meriwether Lewis of Lewis and Clark fame. His death and burial site was on the Nachez Trace Trail. The cabin picture is where he was living at the time and where he also died at 35 from gunshots due to suicide or murder…. which his manner of death is still being disputed today.

After a couple hour drive we made it back to camp and the rain had stopped. After having lunch and relaxing a bit we took a shuttle from the KOA to downtown for the evening. For $10 a person they would pick you up as the top of every hour and then drop you off on Broadway at the Country Music Hall of Fame and then pick you back up there at the bottom of every hour. It was an easy way to get to town and not have to worry about parking, traffic, etc.

I can say Nashville is alive and well….. the bars and restaurants on Music Row were packed. You would never know there was a pandemic…. other than a few people wearing masks here and there. We hung out on a roof top bar and listened to some music and people watched for a couple hours. We were going to find a place for dinner when a tornado warning was issued for Dickson, TN. I pulled up the radar and it looked pretty nasty northwest of Nashville and that it could be heading our way. We decided to head back to catch the next shuttle before the storms hit….. and just in time as it started raining as we were waiting for the shuttle. Fortunately, most of the heavy weather missed us to the west….. that is where the terrible flooding happened in Tennessee.