4/30/2017 The TRACE

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Linda and Tim Bunyan

NATCHEZ TRACE PARKWAY

between Nashville, Tennessee, and Natchez, Mississippi

Driving on the Natchez Trace on the Parkway for several days, Tim and I were romanced by the Natchez Trace Parkway.  The 440 miles were comfort provided by miles and miles of:
the unfolding of unusual verdant pastures, no road billboards, no multi-colored signs, no cross traffic.....truly a place to:
fall in love with carving out a place of your own.  

We came to understand those that came in the old days by walking, to make their lively-hood by bringing their goods to the marketplace south to Natchez, Mississippi.  This transformed the land into new uses.

The Trace Trail is 440 miles carved by many people and many years as they returned from the Trading Market to their northern homes along the Natchez and to Kentucky.  It demonstrates a peculiar sensation of the glory of a supreme being.

We now drive in this protected land (an oasis of wilderness in our civilization) within the National Parkway:

Parkway: 800' (feet) wide.  (440 miles long)

Sometimes there would be traffic; this was maintenance to keep the grass mowed and manicured on each side of the Parkway.

Usually, we 'owned the road'.  Well, as Federal taxpayers, we all do own this road.   To us, it is a wonder of the U.S.

....."Ya Had To Be There"

4/30/2017 Tupelo, Mississippi KING of Rock 'N Roll

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Tim and Linda Bunyan

TUPELO, Mississippi:

 THE Birthplace of The King Of Rock 'N Roll,

Elvis Presley

His childhood home shows the 1930's era.

Assembly of God congregation where Elvis first blended the Tupelo Blues with Country, Rock, and Gospel.

4/30/2017 French Camp, Mississippi

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Tim and Linda Bunyan

We departed from the 

NATCHEZ TRACE PARKWAY 

for a few hours to see the other side of this monumental trail.  We came upon: 

the town of French Camp serving the French Camp Academy, in town with a population of 179.  This 1885 Fine Place serves children who live in troubled households.

Here is Royal Crown Cola convenience stop to get a soda pop.

Double Blessings thrift shop for children to receive clothes.

French Camp  Academy operates several businesses and is an interdenominational Christian  church serving the community since a group of Scotch-Irish Christians, under the area Presbyterian Church, established the Institute for girls and boys in 1885