Natchez Trace Day 7

Today we had a short 45 mile ride with an hour and a half lunch break at French Camp -- excellent sandwich and broccoli salad and bread pudding. Before lunch, we climbed and then descended the biggest hill in this section of the Trace. We also passed through several miles of construction where they were laying new asphalt Asphalt fumes are not conducive to breathing well!

After lunch, it was mostly downhill. All in all a much more relaxing day than yesterday when we were trying to get as far away from Tupelo as we could, as fast as we could.

If you at following us on Spot, those long breaks in the track usually mean dense forests. We had one stretch today with with tree branches forming a complete archway over the road.

We ended the day with a quick stop in Wal-Mart for supplies before checking in to the Days Inn. Tomorrow, we'll be headed back to the Jackson area.