by Melanie McManus | Apr 13, 2021 | Mississippi, Natchez Trace (Hiking) 2021, Trail Journals
My goal today was hitting the town of Kosciusko, where Oprah Winfrey was born. But first, let’s talk about the night. The Grand Marais ladies all went into their tents around 8:30, I think. I was the last one up and outside, but got into my tent by 9 p.m. and...
by Melanie McManus | Apr 14, 2021 | Mississippi, Natchez Trace (Hiking) 2021, Trail Journals
Today’s goal was French Camp, about 20 miles (32.2 km) up the parkway. Last night, the weather forecast called for rain/thunderstorms overnight and into today, tapering to “just” rain by the end of the day. I wasn’t sure what I’d do re:...
by adventuretoward | Oct 27, 2013 | Biking, Mississippi, Natchez Trace (Biking) 2013, Trail Journals
Today we were biking from Clinton to Kosciusko, Miss., a trip that would take us around Jackson. Before we set out, we’d heard from other cyclists that biking around Jackson on the Trace was “white-knuckle biking.” It’s called that because so...
by adventuretoward | Oct 28, 2013 | Biking, Mississippi, Natchez Trace (Biking) 2013, Trail Journals
Back in Clinton, before we reached Kosciusko, a woman learned we were biking the Trace south to north. When she heard, she kept exclaiming, “You’re going uphill all the way!” I didn’t think too much about it, for none of the materials talks...
