We pulled out of the Tiffin Service Center yesterday afternoon and decided to take the Natchez Trace Parkway towards Jackson, MS. If you are not familiar with this parkway it is a 444-mile federally protected scenic drive through three states. Back in the day Indians, slave traders, soldiers and settlers traveled along a similar route. We have travelled on different sections of this road, from Nashville to Jackson, at various times. It is always an enjoyable and peaceful ride. Often we were the only people on the road.

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We stopped at the Jeff Busby campground (CG) on the Parkway, just before sunset. The CG was completely empty. Not sure if it was because of the government shutdown, or the season. The RV sites were up a hill and designed primarily for smaller campers. We could have parked in one of the sites, but it would have been tight so we decided with everything shut down and nobody around we would just park in the entrance parking lot for the night. That worked out great.

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In the morning I took a very nice 3/4 mile walk up the hill to an overlook. The views and trails were very nice.

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In the morning we got back on the parkway and drove to Lafayette, LA for the night. More on that later.