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Welcome to Mississippi! Our 30th state!
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Aaron chats with Waid Prather, newspaperman in Carthage (near the center of Mississippi)
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Nearest neighbor (or at least mailbox) on Willis Road to the Geographic Center of Mississippi
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Squirrelly sand and gravel made Willis Road a difficult approach to the Geographic Center of Mississippi
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Wild carnations en route to the Geographic Center of Mississippi
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The chimney of a long-vanished house near the Geographic Center of Mississippi
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Here we are at the Geographic Center of Mississippi
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Our hike to the Geographic Center of Mississippi was along what appears to be an old logging road
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Our access to the Natchez Trace was along Red Dog Road
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A hike through a swamp along the Natchez Trace
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One of the worst of the cheesy and uninformative signs along the swamp hiking trail
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In the backyard of Larry & Polly Adams, our kind hosts in Jackson
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Helen's delightful (and fully functional!) antique range
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Lyla and Rob on the back patio
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Helen and Aaron on the back patio
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Robert Hill, our kind host in Jackson
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Victor, a fellow touring cyclist we met on the Natchez Trace
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Victor and Aaron look over maps together
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The ultra-reflective rear of Victor's homemade trailer box
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Pedaling along the Natchez Trace
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Not much traffic on the Trace, so we had to amuse ourselves...
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Pedaling along the Natchez Trace