Natchez Trace, Part 2

I found another web site, Natcheztracetravel.com, which tells more information about the stops along the way. It’s really mostly for bikes. This part of the trail is at Jackson/Raymond area, Canton/Jackson area,  Kosciusko area, French Camp area. I’ll probably defer from pictures of just the signs and only put pictures of places we stopped at instead.

The beginning of this part is very bumpy and bouncy. The part yesterday was much better.

I liked the Tupelo-Bald Cypress swamp. It didn’t smell, easy for pictures. The Cole Creek swamp was dirty, smelled bad.
We didn’t realized there was a visitors center across the road until we drove past it.  It’s for the town of French Camp. The information on the National Park Service map doesn’t give information for the surrounding area. There’s a couple of places we’ve found after the fact.

We stopped at Jeff Busby Campground, mm 193.1 on the Trace.  We only went about 100 miles, and it’s only 1:30 in the afternoon, but if we go all the way to the next campground on the Trace, about 200 miles, I don’t think there would be any room left by the time we get there today. It looks like the campgrounds start filling early. There are 3 free campgrounds along the Trace. This one has a  restroom, water fountains, picnic table, fire pit, grill and food hanger. We walked up Little Mountain, 630 feet elevation, from our campground at 450 feet elevation. (They don’t have much for mountains in this area of the valley.) Weather permitting, we might stay here for a few days.
I don’t know what kind of snake this is. I only had my small camera and couldn’t zoom in, and didn’t want to get in close in case it was venomous. There are three kinds of venomous snakes in this area, but we think it’s just a water snake.