The last 100 miles of the Natchez Trace changed as we entered the state of Mississippi and so did the climate. We are in the deep south now, the pathway has fewer hills, the trees are still full of leaves and the weather is in the 70's by day and 50 by night. The parkway is still the smooth two lane with speeds topping 50 mph and little shoulder to speak of. The old trace (the real one) is very deep in spots as seen in the pictures. Sometimes as deep as 20 feet or more. One can only imagine how difficult this would have been on a hot Mississippi summer day with bugs, snakes and robbers at any turn. But when we reflect back to those who traveled the Trace, it leaves us silent. The Chickasaw and Choctaw tribes, French and Spanish explorers, Civil War soldiers, Kaintucks, Meriwether Lewis, Hernando de Soto, Andrew Jackson and James Audubon to name a few.
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