We did it! We bicycled the entire Natchez Trace. We biked, according to our GPS, 454 miles and it took us nine days. Please be patient with me. I am working on putting it all into words and hopefully in an interesting interactive way so you can explore our adventure and learn about a very facinating part of North American history. We met many interesting and kind people that I wish to mention, as well as include links to their sites and interesting things we saw. I will start posting it in parts soon.

OUR NATCHEZ TRACE TOUR

Natchez Trace

Website Purpose:

Inspire and encourage anyone interested in living a healthier happier lifestyle, to pick up their old bike or buy a new one and enjoy the freedom it brings. Step off of the hamster wheel of the rat race and enjoy the serenity of cruising on bicycle wheels!

Byron has always loved to cycle and in an effort to spend more time with him I tried it.

I found out that I love riding my bike! One day after achieving that rythym where you are cruising at a high speed effortlessly, I found myself singing outloud "Free at Last, Free at Last, Thank God A'mighty I'm Free at Last!" That euphoric feeling of the joy of being that I thought was lost with childhood welled up in my soul, and I smiled! How could I be this happy cruising the "New Highway down the road" in St. Bernard Parish? Then other times I'm begging my Guardian Angel for a push up a big hill or a bridge and I wonder, "Why am I punishing myself?" Yet the satisfaction and pride of finishing a steep hill or bridge (in New Orleans we have steep bridges and flat land) helps to erase the memory of the pain into a foggy cloud until next time.