Day 1, Sour Lake, TX to Natchez, MS

Day: 1 April 6, 2011

Beginning Mileage: 90,267

Ending Mileage: 90520
Total Mileage: 253

We woke after a night of packing for two (for a week) and prying “other MAFCA stuff” into the coupe. I decided to remove the rumble seat cushions and add the luggage holder to the running board which allowed just enough room for everything. Besides that it's easy to reach out the window and get something cold to drink. Marshall Isaacson drove in Tuesday evening from Houston and spent the night. We met up with Jerry & Dorothy Burk out of the Golde Triangle A's for the day's drive.

Our journey took us from Sour Lake, Texas to Natchez, MS.  Avoiding major highways, we traveled north to Kirbyville (TX) and then cut east through DeRidder and Alexandria (LA) and then continued on to Natchez. One could not hope for nicer weather to spend the day in a Model A with high temps around 75 and clear blue skies.

We arrived in Natchez (we actually spent the night on the Louisiana side of the Mississippi River in Vidallia) to find fellow Model A’rs from Texas who also made the drive and will meet up with them tomorrow morning as we caravan on the Trace. Our plans are not to spend much time site seeing heading northeast but will spend time seeing the sites once we turn around and head back down the Trace on the actual tour.

At dinner it was decided that the "girls"will drive part of the day, this means Donna Lewis will have stay awake, something hard for her to do while riding in a Model A. We'll see!!!