Biking The Natchez Trace Parkway : Day 4 | Houston MS to Kosciusko, MS 76 miles

Had another good day of biking, did 76 total miles. But it didn't start out that great. We were awakened last night several times from a couple of different cell phones going off, because of severe weather in the area again. (it happened the night before as well) There were a lot of storms last night.

We stayed at a great place in Houston, MS last night, the Bridges Hall Manor. The inn keeper, Carol was awesome and the breakfast this morning was delicious, eggs, bacon, sausage, biscuits, grits, and fresh fruit. MMMMmmmmmmmmmmm goooooood. The place and Carol made up for the early morning wake ups.

Bridges Hall Manor

So we got up early and took a look outside and it was all wet, and we had heard the storms throughout the night. So I looked at the radar. The blue dot on the radar is our location.

Thinking that's not that bad, we have a slight opening. We got the car loaded up and had breakfast. Then I checked the radar again. Oooopppppssss not so fast.

So it was a good thing that I added a few extra miles onto yesterday, because I had to start farther south than expected, thinking we would just go south until the rain stops and then bike south and finish the northern part later. So we started to head south, and it keep raining and raining. So I basically ended up at my supposed "End Spot" for the day, and that's where we started and rode North today instead of South. And by the time I got back to where I wanted to start, it was clear, not great, but clear. The roads were still wet. But I was able to get my 76 miles in today. I am a little concerned about tomorrow, with another big storm coming across the south tonight.

So we will just have to see tomorrow.

In any case, we saw a few things today. The first, is the devastation from a tornado in April of 2011. It was the same one that hit Tuscaloosa, AL. It was wide about 6 miles, and it is hard to describe.

The picture really doesn't do it justice at all. But the take away is look at the tree sticks, to the left. They are where the tornado just snapped the trees in half, and left the bottom half of the tree of the ones that are still standing. The rest of them were all mowed down. Three years later, look at the height of the trees, not very tall at all compared the other ones in the forest, just down the road.

Some of the day looked like this.

Just wide open road, waiting to be ridden, and not a car in sight. The traffic was so much better today.

Here is another friend, I found along the way. He is huge.

So we back tracked some in the car today to get to our B&B, as Lynn was the picker of the B&B's, and this is one that she wanted to stay at, so here we are. French Camp, MS