Tupelo, MS and Trace State Park

A very nice week in Tupelo, the birthplace of Elvis Presley.  Really enjoyed Trace State Park and would do it again.  The park is large, away from the city, has a big lake, 3 hiking trails, deer, a disc golf course and we had our resident blue heron, One Foot:)

We were very close to the Natchez Trace Parkway, a national scenic byway.  444 miles of lovely scenery with no billboards blocking it!  In the 1800s the parkway was a trading route for Ohio Valley traders. Nowadays one can enjoy a nice drive from Natchez, Mississippi to Nashville, Tennessee with no stops at 50MPH and nothing to block the scenery!

6am, a fisherman heads out on the lake.  Pic taken from Paradise.

Natchez Trace Parkway
visitor center




We only walked a few miles of trail
along the parkway as the trail was
right next to the road most of the time.

 In Tupelo you can stop by and visit the site of the Tupelo National Battlefield:

Tupelo National Battlefield

 On one of the trails in our park looking across a part of the lake at Paradise. The motorhome in the middle;)

A purple haze in a forest opening

lots of beaver sign in the park, however, no more beavers:(

this little guy was crossing the trail at the park when we came upon him.  I think he is smiling at us:)

there were several blue herons at the lake but this one, One Foot (yep, I named him) obviously had the bank in front of our motorhome in his territory.....



here he is catching his dinner on a cloudy day....

no easy task!!!





below, you can see why I
named him One Foot

 Another day in Tupelo we stopped by to take a pic of Elvis's birthplace and childhood home.

this hardware store is where Elvis bought his first guitar

 Lots of live music in town. Enjoyed an evening at the Blue Canoe.  Good food and good music!

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A few pics from the 

Natchez Trace Parkway...