Deep South Road Trip
It’s 6am on the 9th May 2023 and we are just about to head over to Nashville, Tennessee to set off on a journey through the heart of the American South, a road trip rich in music, history, food, and unforgettable hospitality. From the jazz-filled streets of New Orleans to the rolling hills of Tennessee, and the cotton fields of Mississippi.
A few things have changed since the road trip was first planned, the main one being that unfortunately Oscar, our son, is now coming to the second year of his university degree so can’t join us on this trip. At least that means the adults can take in all the famous Southern hospitality, the blues bars, the gin joints and whatever else we can find.
These posts captures our time weaving through, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Tennessee, sharing the sights, sounds, and stories we discovered along the way.
The following posts are presented in ascending order. If you have any questions don’t hesitate to get in touch
Day 1, A day of travel. 16 hours after leaving Derby we find our selves in Music City, Nashville Tenesseee
today we have mostly been walking, lots and lots of walking as visit some of the attractions Nashville has to offer
We woke up to rain and grey skies so today was about travelling around Nashville in the car and keeping dry
It was a rainy drive from Nashville to Memphis but the Sun (Studio) was waiting ahead and all that Memphis had to offer
Great Museums, Good food and drink, Live Music and a really weird outdoor pursuits shop ... Memphis has it all
Today we have been taking care of business with a trip to Graceland. The Memphis home of the King of Rock n Roll Mr Elvis Arran Presley
From the home of Rock n Roll to the home of the Delate Blues. Today we drove down to Clarksdale Mississippi to see if was still possible to sell your soul at the crossroads
Today sees up exploring Clarksdale Mississippi and old legends of the blues world
Pictures taken whilst driving by Deb of houses, roads, churches and whatever takes her fancy from the passenger side between Tennesse and Louisiana
The drive from Clarksdale to Natchez threw up some unexpected stops and some lovely scenery
The drive from Natchez to Breaux Bridge was pretty with an enlightening stop at the Rosewood Historic house and Plantation
This morning was spent on a Cajun Swamp Tour Chasing Gators and oggling over Classic American Muscle Cars
What could be better than an All American Car cruise 20 miles from where we were staying
Today we head from Breaux Bridge and the Bayou swamps down to the city famous for it's Mardi Gras, New Orleans
A couple of days spent exploring all that New Orleans has to offer ... well nearly all
We left New Orleans with 500 miles of USA Highway ahead of us. After a few false Starts we finally arrived in Chattanooga
A day exploring Chattanooga was in store but first an all American breakfast in an all American diner
Yet again, the start to the day was a lovely City Cafe Diner breakfast After that it was the 150 mile drive from Chattanooga to our log cabin in the Smokey Mountains
More road trip snaps from my co-pilot. These are photographs taken between New Orleans and Gatlinburg as we headed back north on our epic road trip across the southern states of America
Motor vehicles are discouraged in Gatlinburg so we headed to the Welcome Centre where there was a free shuttle bus.
Today was all about getting back to nature, well as much as you can do in a V8 Hemi Durango. First stop was the Roaring Fork Motor Nature Trail
Neither of us are overly enthusiastic about theme parks but you can't come all this way to Pigeon Forge and not take in the iconic queen of Country, Dolly Parton's theme park, Dollywood
All good things must come to an end and so we find ourselves on the last day this years American Road Trip, with a final drive of 240 miles from Gatlinburg to Nashville Airport.
Another photo dump of photographs taken by my co-pilot, Deb. These are all between Gatlinburg and Nashville taken on the last couple of days of our epic road trip
