Natchez Trace Day 4

We rearranged our itinerary slightly to allow a shorter day today. We're staying tonight in a classic 1960's motel that hasn't been refurbished or had the bed replaced since then -- oh and it also has 50 years of accumulated cigarette smoke. All that said, it's a place to sleep where we needed one, has running water, electricity, and it is cheap.

Today started with nice relatively flat countryside but by the end of the ride, we had to climb the biggest hills yet. I don't know Mississippi geography but I'm pretty sure we crossed a ridge of some sort and we seem to be back into swampy fairly flat land.

We met lots of nice and chatty people who were interested in our trikes and our ride. At our Wal-Mart stop this morning, Jean talked to a very nice state trooper and a good old boy in a pick-up. While we were at the French Camp stop on the Trace, we chatted with a couple from Switzerland. The man very tactfully commented that most Americans would not do what we are doing. Finally, we met good-old boy Johnny and his wife Tammy. Johnny stopped and turned off his Harley to talk to us while we were resting under a shade tree. He told us he had lived within a few miles of the Trace all of his life. He thought our trikes were really cool.

We ended up with supper in the very popular local cafe. They had the best chicken fried steak I've had in a very long time!