Left Nashville on May 28, 2010 and traveled via the Natchez Trace to Cordova just outside of Memphis for another 274 miles. That is 1,621 miles so far. Taking the scenic Natchez Trace Parkway was a great motorcycle experience and a chance to meet other motorcyclists. A well maintained gently curving road through rolling country with no traffic made the 40 mph speed limit enjoyable. The Trace was a dangerous place. Boatmen would float their wares down the river for sale and return via the Trace with their earnings to be robbed or killed. I stopped at Meriwether Lewis’s burial site where it is believed he took his own life on the way to Washington, DC to try to secure funding for the debts of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
