Joe Lightfoot loaded us up in his truck and trailer and took us to a secret shortcut through the woods leading back up to the Parkway. Our original plan was to ride 22 miles to an rv park but we arrived and saw the park and we thought we might have a few more miles in us, and it was early. But first, find a bathroom and convenience store which was noted on the map. This is the first place we saw as we came down the hill and around the corner. Surely this is not the place.
The real convenience store was across the street and a welcome site. We were treated to quite the show by some locals airing up their tires while we ate our lunch. (Note the blog title)
Our journey ended when we pulled into the Natchez Trace visitor's center in Tupelo. We took advantage of the clean restroom to sponge bath and then crossed the road to our primitive campsite. We quickly setup camp and headed back to the visitor's center to see where we could find a restaurant. Traffic on the Trace heading into to Tupelo was crazy and we hoped to get our Pizza Hut fix with a campsite delivery. Denied. It seems that absolutely no commercial services are allowed on the parkway and they refused to even meet us a block away. We decided to brave the evening traffic and head into town to see what we could find. We were hoping to carb up but our choices were slim without traveling into the city center. We settled on Don Julio's Mexican Restaurant. Charlotte scored us a private dining area where we could bring our bikes in with us. Perfect. Margaritas flowed and chips and salsa kept coming. Low and behold they had fajita spaghetti on the menu. It was delicious as were the enchiladas and fajitas. We stuffed ourselves and then made our way back to the campground and settled in for the night.
Sounds just delicious! Great job, Charlotte! Mexican is AWESOME!!! Hope ya'll slept well that night in your tent and that it didn't rain! Love you, Pat
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