We are learning the differences between State Parks and Private Parks. There is a huge educational piece that comes with State Parks and the land is mostly untouched. Services are sparse and normally the Parks are well into the woods. This one was an hour from a gas station! This was the park to be at for fall colors and tons of war history. There were bunkers, trenches and cannons everywhere and right on the Mississippi River.
Columbus-Belmont State Park, on the shores of the Mississippi River in Hickman County, near Columbus, Kentucky, is the site of a Confederatefortification built during the American Civil War. The site was considered by both North and South to be strategically significant in gaining and keeping control of the Mississippi River. It commemorates military actions that took place in both Columbus, Kentucky, and Belmont, Missouri across the river. (Wikipedia).
Kimberly traveled the week we were there and drove herself to Nashville for the week. I did some great hiking and biking. I was cut off from the outside world except for one bar of cell signal…sometimes. I finished two books and had great fires each morning and night. I met the owners of the General Store and could write a book on my two visits there.
At the entrance to the park there was an old cemetery that we loved to walk around in. The dates on the tombstones matched with the history of the fighting that took place there.
Kimberly got home Thursday and it was fun showing her the beauty and history. We made our way to Paducah, KY for groceries and we found a great local pub in downtown Paducah.
We did decide to leave a week early and head South to our next location. The temperatures were going to be dropping below freezing and we said “we can move”. So we packed up and drove south 3.5 hours and we are right outside of Memphis in West Memphis, AK…still right on the Mississippi.
CoBro + 1 with Yolo and the TOAD 