The Only Downside To Driving On The Natchez Trace Parkway...

Written by Lynnette on August 10, 2007 | Comments (0)

The only bad thing about driving on the Natchez Trace Parkway in the summertime (...especially the blazing hot summer days we've been having this summer!) is: there's no place to park in the shade!

Not in Tennessee anyways.

Oh, don't get me wrong, there are plenty of parking places at each of the roadside pulloffs, but I can't think of one that's got some shade to it -- between the hours of 10AM and 4PM anyways.

And, yes, fortunately there are plenty of shady picnic spots... you just have to park your vehicle in the hot sun while you're enjoying your picnic. And that means a scorching hot car when you return.

I just think it's interesting (and quite a shame) that, in this beautiful forested piece of parkway, there's hardly any way to appreciate the shade from those trees when you're in your car.

It Gets Shadier In The South...

The closer you get to the Alabama state line, the more the roads become canopied and the parkway becomes mildly shaded here & there. The same cannot be said for the northern end of the Trace in Tennessee.