"Rock Star" road tripper checking in! Self-proclaimed anyway! Road trips and visits to all 50 states are my game. Find your next road trip destinations here. Fill your bucket list with fantastic US journeys. I love road trips and spare no effort in making my travels and experiences inviting for members of the road-tripping family! Pick a trip you want to take, or get inspired to plan your own. - - The Driveby Tourist (or call me Stan!)
Stan visited how many places today!?!?!?!
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Yes, I visited six places today AND drove on a National Park-supported trail! Here’s a quick rundown and a few pictures to go with it. Too many to include pictures for every stop. Oh, by the way. Here’s the link to the preview post about this trip. Upon leaving Hattiesburg, MS, this morning, I set up my GPS for the places I wanted to see. I knew most of them were relatively quick stops. Hot Coffee, MS While traveling, I look for strange, odd, unusual places and objects. There actually is a town called Hot Coffee, MS! I couldn’t find a population but it’s very small! Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument Medgar Evers was an American civil rights activist who was the NAACP's first field secretary in Mississippi. He was assassinated in his driveway in front of his home on June 12, 1963. Initially, a local college took over the house, and eventually the National Park Service assumed management to preserve the site. Mississippi State Capitol, Jackson Since it was Saturday, I could only get an outside picture. Elvis Presley Birthplace & Museum Elvis was born in this house in 1935. He had a twin brother, born 20 minutes before him, who was stillborn. Elvis’s family lived in this house only until age three. The family, his parents Gladys and Vernon, and he lived in several other places in Tupelo before moving to Memphis when Elvis was thirteen. Brice’s Crossroads National Battlefield This NPS site preserves a Civil War battlefield. The Confederates won this battle on June 10, 1864. Tupelo National Battlefield This battlefield lies within the city of Tupelo. The Union army won this battle on July 14 & 15, 1864. Natchez Trace Parkway The Natchez Trace Parkway runs from Natchez, MS, to Nashville, TN. It was created and established by the Chickasaw, Choctaw, and Natchez nations, who used these routes for trade and travel for centuries. The National Park Service maintains the highway as a historical path to preserve the history. Question: Why do we drive on a parkway and park on a driveway? More tomorrow. (Or the next day.) Thanks for following… The Driveby Tourist “Team” Note: These will be quick notes at the end of the day. I’ll send them “regularly.” Please excuse grammatical errors as I’m doing these on the fly! |
Stan Wiebe
"Rock Star" road tripper checking in! Self-proclaimed anyway! Road trips and visits to all 50 states are my game. Find your next road trip destinations here. Fill your bucket list with fantastic US journeys. I love road trips and spare no effort in making my travels and experiences inviting for members of the road-tripping family! Pick a trip you want to take, or get inspired to plan your own. - - The Driveby Tourist (or call me Stan!)
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