Natchez Trace and on to Arkansas

We traveled a portion of the Natchez Trace from northern Alabama to Tupelo.

Morning at Tishomingo State Park

Barge on the Ten-Tom Waterway after coming through the locks. The canal connects the Tennessee River and the Tombigbee River, making 459 miles of navigable water between the Gulf of Mexico and the Tennessee River.

Water lilies at that site.

Joselyn walking a portion of the old sunken trace.

Graves of 13 unknown Confederate soldiers

Each marker had a flag, a flower, and two stones. I wonder what the significance is of the stones?

From Tupelo we went west on 278 and 315, passing Sardis Lake....

...and crossing over Sardis Dam. There were nice looking Corps of Engineers campgrounds, but it was too early to stop.

We continued on to cross the Mississippi River into Helena, Arkansas.

Barge on the Mississippi.

We spent Saturday night just outside Hot Springs, AR.