Natchez Trace

We have been getting constant rain since Saturday night due to what's left of Tropical Storm Lee. It kept us from doing too much yesterday but we decided to brave the rain and cold (it was only around 60F today - about 40 degrees cooler than Saturday) and drive on the Natchez Trace Parkway. It's a 444 mile long parkway from Natchez, Mississippi to Nashville, TN.

First we stopped in historic Leiper's Fork to have lunch. Leiper's Fork is just south of Frankin and very close to the Natchez Trace. There are a handful of antique stores here and some restaurants. We chose to go to Puckett's Grocery and Restaurant.




We had a good lunch of hamburgers, hot ham & cheese sandwiches, fries, and onion rings.

Then we continued on to the parkway.


Our first stop was at Jackson Falls. The path to the falls is paved so we put Rylan in the stroller and covered him up with a beach towel to try to keep him dry. Even though Carter's coat isn't waterproof, it did well keeping him pretty dry.


The trail was only about a quarter mile.


The waterfall wasn't much to see but Carter had fun exploring around the area.




Our second stop was Fall Hallow. It was raining pretty hard when we got there so Brian stayed in the car with Rylan and let me take Carter out to see the falls.

The upper overlook was paved and only about 100 feet from the parking lot.


But Carter wanted to keep going so we hiked down the trail (which wasn't paved) to get to the bottom of the falls. It was probably another quarter mile.




As soon as we got down there Carter turned around and was ready to go back to the car. When we got back, Brian went to the top overlook to see the falls and then we were on our way back home.