We spent a week in Arkansas visiting six NPS sites in February 2026 with two of our grandkids during their Winter Break. We visited the five of the seven Arkansas NPS sites on the map below plus one NPS site in Mississippi. Three of the seven sites in Arkansas are related to the settlement ofContinue reading “Arkansas 2026”
Category Archives: Mississippi
Mississippi & Tennessee – Civil War Sites
During our summer 2022 trip we visited all of six the NPS sites in Mississippi and finished up the last two sites of the nine NPS sites in Tennessee. One of the overall themes of the trip was our visit to five Civil War sites in Mississippi and Tennessee. Along the way, we thought aboutContinue reading “Mississippi & Tennessee – Civil War Sites”
Mississippi – Natchez Trace Parkway, Natchez Trace NST, and Natchez NHP
The eight NPS sites in Mississippi focus on three primary themes – Civil War battlefield sites, the Civil Rights movement, and the Natchez Trace. Our goal this summer was to visit all of the Mississippi NPS sites. The Natchez Trace sites were quite historical and enjoyable. The southern terminus of the Natchez Trace is in,Continue reading “Mississippi – Natchez Trace Parkway, Natchez Trace NST, and Natchez NHP”
Mississippi and Alabama – Civil Rights Movement Sites
On our trip to visit Mississippi NPS sites this summer, we visited two sites associated with the Civil Rights movement. Selma to Montgomery NHT The highlight of our trip to Selma, Alabama was walking across the Edmond Pettis Bridge where thousands of non-violent protestors led by Martin Luther King, Jr. began their four-day, 54-mile marchContinue reading “Mississippi and Alabama – Civil Rights Movement Sites”