HILL COUNTRY 2025
  
 

Day 06

November 15

  
   
  From the motel it is a short hop to get to the Natchez Trace which will take me all the way back to Nashville and within ten miles of the Holler.  
   
  I make my first fuel stop near Jackson and breakfast is slim pickings. But at least their fuel pumps work unlike the other stop I made on the way down.  
   
  Once again I pass by the Ross Barnett Reservoir and admire its beauty.  
   
  I have picked my own route around the construction on the Trace as their detour seemed a lot longer than it needs to be.  
   
  And my way proves to be quite a bit shorter than their way and a lot more direct. Soon I'm around all that and back on my beloved Trace.  
   
  Gas on the Trace can be a bit of a challenge, but since I have run it so many times in its entirety I have my gas stops figured out. I know this one at Tupelo has really good chicken fingers so after I tend to SweetTreat's needs, I fetch me a few of them fingers to munch on.  
   
  But I need to get to the Holler before dark so I'm back at it in short order.  
   
  Once again I cross the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway on my way back north.  
   
 

Then my replacement camera dies on me for no apparent reason. This just firmly cements in my mind that I have to find a different camera solution when I get back. The rest of the ride is uneventful and quiet relaxing for me. But I am glad to be able to pull back into the Holler for

 

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