With a new year and decade to be embraced, Mark and I
have hit the road again, heading south and then west. This trip should take us
as far west as we can go (California), then north to the Oregon coast. From
there, we will head East and home, but because we want to take our time, this
trip will take at least 5 or 6 months. Day one of travel ended up going as
smoothly as possible with perfect weather, travel and a level campsite at the
end of the day. Even though we only pushed for 230 miles we spent time in four
states; Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi. We are at Tishomingo State
Park for a couple of nights; a park we passed through, once before, but decided
we wanted to revisit. It is a CCC Park which signals it has been considered
beautiful and worthy of preservation since the 1930’s when FDR formed the
Civilian Conservation Corp, referred to by many as “Roosevelt’s Tree Army”. The
CCC put young men to work, planting trees and helping develop state parks, in
mostly rural areas, during the depression. Not only did the program provide much
needed jobs but also left a beautiful legacy behind. Another
noteworthy thing about this park is that the
Natchez Trace Parkway runs directly through the park. The park takes it’s name
from the leader of the Chickasaw nation, Chief Tishomingo. So it has been a
combination
of beauty, history, hiking
and access to three disc golf courses that have caused us to pause here for two
days after only traveling 200 plus miles of the 8,000 miles of this journey. My
resolution for the new year, (and this trip) is to take things slowly and not
lose sight of the fact that some of the best surprises are usually in the most
unexpected places.
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| I love swinging bridges... |
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| ...until they swing! |
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