There was a lot to see today so we only covered about 200 miles. Quite a few miles of this was on single lane roads around the river bottoms and levees along the Mississippi west of Reelfoot lake. A lot of time was spent around Reelfoot at the various access areas. Three parks today, including Paris Landing. We ended the day in McKenzie.
1 Dawn at Paris Landing.
2 A barge makes its way south on the Tennessee River
3 Morning scene on Kentucky Lake
4 Morning scene on Kentucky Lake
5 We spent the night at the Paris Landing Inn. The breakfast buffet lasted until dinner.
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7 A dike along the Mississippi in downtown Hickman KY.
8 Hickman is a small town in the very southwest portion of the state.
9 Low water is apparent in view of the Mississippi at Hickman
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11 River bottom lands
12 Riding up the side of a levee
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14 Small single lane roads run miles along the levees.
15 A gate house. see gps location
16 In the middle of nowhere.
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18 Riding the rim
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20 Bald Cypress seed pods
21 A juvenile Bald Eagle at the visitor center.
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25 Saw this guy spearing fish in the swamp. He was being real still, probably hoping not to spook the fish.
26 Note how low the water is. Reelfoot is only about an inch above the historical low level.
27 Reelfoot scene
28 Reelfoot scene
29 Reelfoot turtles on a log
30 Reelfoot scene
31 More Reelfoot turtles
32 Great Egret
33 Reelfoot scene
34 Reelfoot scene
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38 Button gills get big out here
39 Swamp at Kirby landing - Reelfoot
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42 Wild flower garden at Big Cypress SP
43 We had this entire park to ourselves. A small park in the middle of open farm country.