The Plan

      

I am currently working on the plan as we speak, and it is subject to change, but here is the latest.  We will leave Nashville and ride The Trace the last week of May, or the first week of June.  Our son will be doing an exchange program in Bogota, Columbia for 3 weeks starting the last week of May, so the ride will for sure be one of the weeks that he is in Columbia.

We are working with Randy from, Natchez Trace B&B Reservation Service, www.natcheztracetravel.com , and he has been very helpful.  I told him the number of days that I would like to ride the trace and he has suggested the stops and the B&B's that would best fit into MY schedule ( how refreshing).  The Trace is 444 miles from end to end, and I plan on ride around 70 miles a day with the last day being a little shorter.  There will be some additional mileage from stopping along the way to see some sights.

We are starting in Nashville and heading south, there are more hills in the northern part of the Trace, and flatter once we hit Mississippi.  The daily averages really won't fluctuate that much based on the topography, but more so, on where we want to stop/stay along the way.

One of the nice things about The Trace is that commercial traffic is prohibited, and the maximum speed is 50 MPH, and the traffic is generally very light, except around Tupelo, and Jackson, MS. There will be a lot of historical sites along the way that I hope to document, so check back from time to time to see my progress.  I look forward to seeing another one of our great National Parks!