"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!)
Two of my four stops weren’t open! ☹ And the visitor center was closed on the third one. More ☹ However, Horseshow Bend made up for some of it! And Little River Canyon’s scenic drive was likely what I was going to see, even if the visitor center had been open. Oh, by the way. Here’s the link to the preview post about this trip. Sloss Furnace National Historic Landmark Sloss Furnace dates back to the 1800s when steel processing began here. The current 32-acre historic site preserves the...
So. What do they have in common? Typically, you would say hitting the beach at Normandy. Well, I didn’t hit that beach, but I did hit the beach in Gulfport, MS! Oh, not the same. Sorry, Normandy was necessary for the war effort. After “hitting the beach” at Gulfport, I decided I didn’t need to see much more beach. Ok, I’ll just drive on to Biloxi, not that far. When arriving in Biloxi, I saw a sign that said “Mobile – 60 miles.” Ok, that’s not very far, so I headed that way. About an hour...
I saw Oak Alley Plantation north of New Orleans. Tomorrow, I'll be at the World War II museum, about a mile from my hotel. Oh, by the way. Here’s the link to the preview post about this trip. Oak Alley Plantation This one is one of many preserved antebellum plantations from the days of slavery. The tour guides tell the story of the families who lived here before and after the Civil War. The last owner lived until age 93. She had no children, and she set up a foundation to preserve and tell...