Motorcycle Camping on the Natchez Trace Parkway |
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- When you want to go camping, The Natchez Trace Parkway is a great place. It starts in Natchez, Mississippi and ends in Nashville, Tennessee - a fabulous linear 444-mile park chocked full of historical stops along its route - perfect for a motorcycle ride!This was our first experience of hopping on a deliberately planned linear road, devoid of stop signs and stop lights and riding it all the way to its end - and WOW - were we hooked.
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You two are a riot to watch. Glad to see Alice up and running on the road again. Do enjoy your videos you two. Keep up the great content
Thanks Charles 🥳😃✌️
@@TwoWheelsBigLife you’re welcome both of you
Ditto.
Andy Griffith and Don Knox had a chemistry that made the TV show successful. I believe Two Wheels Big Life is producing something magic too. Thanks for keeping it fun.
I always tell my wife “never take your helmet off until you get off” “ always put your helmet on before you get on” . She is like why do you insist on this.. well if you face plant going on or off your head is protected. And she learned that lesson a month ago when her foot got caught and she fell. Her hear hit the pavement but Thank God she had her helmet on.
Jeez … sounds like motorcycling may not be for you ?
I must say Rich, you do look right at home back on Ms Alice
I was taught mounting a bike like that by a NYS Trooper, make sure your front is turned all the way to the left, and to apply the front brake, so the bike doesn’t roll forward while mounting!
Thanks! ✌🏻🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
That makes sense.
Love this video Chris and Rich. You both are awesome ❤ God has blessed you both. Glad you got Miss Alice rolling again and love the music 🎶 and historical storie (thou not the capture part😝). Can't wait for your next video EXCITED every time I get a notification! Ride safe and enjoy your adventures 🌹🏍together ❤
Thank you for sharing your ride, your enjoyment and the views! I’ve always wanted to drive the Natchez Trace, so I look forward to the next video. Sunday eves with Chris & Rich are a pleasure.
Ok. So I live very close to the Blue Ridge Parkway. I have ridden it. Now going to put the Natchez Parkway on my list. Looks like a nice ride. Love your show. Wife and I have been watching since the beginning. Glad to see you back to motorcycling and camping. Enjoy the ride
Awesome. Next week we show more
The time spent relaxing in the base camp seems to have rejuvenated yous guys. It was very evident in this video. Keep on biking and b safe out there.
I live in Natchez Trace Village in Madison, MS. and our neighborhood backs up to the Trace.... We have an adv / walking trail in the back of the neighborhood that comes out on the Trace across from Reservoir. I RIDE it almost everyday. It never gets old.... such a peaceful, beautiful ride every time. Thankful I have this little piece of paradise less than a 1/2 mile from my house!! I am glad you discovered it too, and shared it with the rest... I did suggest it to you guys a while back, but you may have already ridden it by then, not knowing how your videos are released etc? That was GOOD !! Be safe !!😄
You need to 'push' those Victorinox can-openers which is WAY faster than 'pulling' them!
I can tell you how Richard puts up with you, because you're his joy. And the both of you never cease to amaze me. So many great ideas I never thought of to effectively pack a motorcycle so compactly. Great going!
Wow, thank you! Karen ❤️
Great to see Miss Alice putting down the miles again. Always enjoy Chris' historical facts on an area. Thanks to you both for taking us along for the ride.
Chris was exceptionally giggly in this one. Which I think made Richard more happy too. Regardless, excellent video, very entertaining, thanks. Jayman...
Cheers thanks Jayman
Always nice to see you both enjoy. No stress at all
Yes not letting that in. No room for it.
Rich and Chris, what a beautiful ride. I think 50 mph is the perfect speed for a motorcycle ride. Just sit back and enjoy the view. Thanks for Sharing!
Ahhh, so many memories of our cdmping trip with a slide-in-truck camper. Really enjoyed our time. We were South bound and ended up in Gulf Shore are the state park there for a few nights. Enjoyed the story about the bandits. Thank you
Thanks Betty Job
As a Mississippian who lives 15 miles from the Trace Bridge crossing of the Tn River, I can tell you flatboats came south on the Ms River and the crews and owners walked back north on the Trace after selling their wares and boats. Merriweather Lewis died on the Trace. Read "The Devil's Backbone". Andrew Jackson also traveled the Trace, I believe. I may wave at you from my '99 Magna. Be safe.
I'm so excited to have you back on 2 Wheels..I kind of lost interest with camper and truck Sorry but true Now will be sure to watch all Video's and I'm so Jealous as my husband is not a rider and I've rode since I was 14 ...I'm in Mesa Arizona and I watch for you guys 😀
Lots better since you went back to camping and motor biking together. Thanks.
When my late wife and I would travel, and we didn’t camp. If we forgot something that we needed and forgot, there’s always a Walmart close by.
Chris--you must have a lot of Italian in your blood...Riding along -- left hand not on the monkey tail-where it should be--and Richard ahead...Richard--ivy is 3 leaf--poison oak-5 leaf--makes me itch just looking at it....God bless take care
except now to sleep in the dirt in a state campground you have to have a credit card and in most cases, especially on a weekend 24 hour reservation. its the shitty world we live in. you cat pull up to a spot, pay cash and sleep. thats why i end up boondocking almost every night now and its just not as enjoyable. so this year i traveled very little. the days of freedom on the road are comming to an end.. that is unless youve got a big chucking account and you know exactly where you'll be every night. so....
what was the date of this trip? Are the campgrounds on the Trace always empty like that??
Greetings from England, love your videos, glad you have worked out base camp and camping mix better, you both look more rested.Boy I wish we had some free camp sites like you guys have over the pond. The ones we pay for aren't nearly so good as your free ones!
I'm thinking packing peanuts in a net bag or gel pads for the laptops, and the pool noodle over the footrest.
Rich and Chris… what I enjoy the most is that you do not take each very seriously. You both are very calming.
Used to live In Mississippi for 10 years..have ridden the trace about 5x…love the road and the history that is all up and down the entire route…such a peaceful ride all year long….so many great places to stop on the way…and yes it is patrolled for speeders all the way through.
Y’all are entertaining. I road the parkway last year. It was quiet and relaxing. Want to ride it again and stop more often. Be safe
Really enjoyed this one!
You guys are great!
You two are living the dream! Good to see Miss Alyce on the road again. She looks new from view. Ride safe!!!
I just love you two, your videos are so entertaining and they make me want to just get out and ride somewhere. Please stay safe and Richard sure looks good back on his Harley. Chris, I enjoy all your history facts. PS welcome to the sunny south 😀
Fun video and I'm not an armpit boot guy. Lol thanks
Oops Miss Alice sorry calling her Daisy
So what bike do you like best kinda missing the other bike ? or glad to be back on Alice . great vid ""RIDE ON""
like how you tell the history of the places
Awesome video you guys have so much fun
Just stumbled onto your channel. Liked that you chose to start on the Natchez Trail rather than heading straight for the somewhat overdone Blue Ridge Pkwy. Scenery is not as breathtaking but your historical anecdotes sure made up for it. And another thing - You guys appear to be the only motorcycle TH-camrs who use covers when parked for the night? I guess all the other guys like a wet seat in the morning? Cheers from Alabama
It was sometime in May 2022 sometime. Yes all of the campgrounds are first come i believe
Hello, both of you,
still great videos.😉
Quick question for understanding. Does your trailer now stay at a fixed point and you only tour with Bikes and Tent?
Greetings from Germany.
Cheers. Yes it stays at my moms house in Arkansas for now
I know you guys now have a Rv for travel.
My husband and I love our lone rider tent for our short trips. We remove the inner tent and put in our two cots with the rest of the gear.
We feel it’s worth the extra $$. Have fun 🤩 🎉
Happy new year 🎆
Thank you for fun videos and info. ❤
Actually we only use the camper now for the property. When we hit the road now its back to basics with just a tent
I recorded that trip last year and had a good time. I live in MS so I wish I would have known y'all were doing it and I could have caught up with y'all and road part of it with you. Know by now y'all are probably pass the double arch bridge so can't wait to see y'all's perspective on that and the rest of this trip.
You guys are totally amazing! Loving each other and the road on motorcycles!! God bless!
Thanks so much!
Richard would like to ask a question. Which bike do you like better Alice or the GSA ? I currently ride 14 Ultra Limited, but sure do like the GS..
Great question Dan. I do like the GSA it’s a great bike. I am a fidgeter so Ms Alice let’s me move into a lot of deferent positions. And I have the HD is set up for my riding.
I agree you carry a lot of "stuff" but a lot is for running your channel as you said + cooking gear & food items, & tent stuff. I'm a wimp, for me no camping plus only available indoor dining and I'm not on the road as long as you two.
Yes it takes up space
Poison ivy washes off if you wash within 6 hours and also the clothes. I hope Rick rinsed those boots off when he got to camp. LOL Btw, did you all ever check out those fingerless bicycle riding gloves? Great for summer hot weather riding!
Yea Chris has some
I’m surprised the campgrounds aren’t busy but I read somewhere lot of people couldn’t afford the gas and lot of people had already had made reservations
Most of my riding buddies fail the u-turn when we do our parking lot practice .. good job my friend, months off of Alice and you still got it.
Awesome! Thanks
I absolutely love watching your show. Every morning I watch at least one episode with my coffee and then a few more throughout the day. The inspiration I draw from you two is unmeasurable. I thank you for the motivation and inspiration your adventures and witty banter give me. Your show has inspired me to get out of my comfort zone and explore the world I live in. Also, seeing the way you and Rich get alone together restored my faith in love and finding my other half. Thank you two for sharing your life with us, I really appreciate your hard work, sacrifices and dedication to your show.
So much thanks. Thank You Thank You. These are the things that make it worth it. Thanks again your words do the same for us. Cheers.
Just another classy video but peacefully done. I almost dozed off.....LOL!
You two never stop smiling and laughing!
Quite an antidote to todays serious times !
👍 well done.
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This was a great episode. You two cutting up is so fun to watch. Y'all look like you're having so much fun. The recounting of history, the campgrounds and the beautiful road with little traffic makes me consider putting the Natchez Trace trail on the bucket list. Keep it going! 👍
Where did you get the highway pegs? I’m looking for some for my rally pro.
Those are Tourtech and really only good to hang your leg over. They are too close to put you feet on.
Hey Rich, on getting on from non kickstand side. Be careful because Harley didn’t weld the footboard bracket to the frame the full length, which can cause the bracket to bend over time. Suggestion, check to see if yours is fully welder. If not, go get it welded, I did on my road king
Sunday evening with friends.
Why did you guys stop towing the motorcycle pop up trailer?
At that time we thought we wanted a more comfortable place, something we could park and make a base camp. After we did that for a short time Chris really enjoyed the time we had on the bikes more than that big camper. so we sold it and went to just the bikes. We have a Bushtec trailer again now. Cheers
Try a pool noodle on the highway pegs. That’s what I use for my wife, a lot softer.
Oh man that's a great Idea !!
Such great fun!! I hope the tent does really well for ya!! Be safe
You guys need to spend more on a tent !
Hilleberg/Bug Agnes perhaps ?
Yes we have a new one now. Eureka Space Camp. Great tent and the zippers work perfect.
Would you have suggestion for outdoor cover for my roadglide ?
Absolutely go to NelsonRigg.com and get the Defender XL and use 2WBL20 for 20% discount. It’s a great cover
I’ve decided to get one of the Rigg motorcycle covers from your link for my BMW R1200GS. What model and size cover do you have/recommend? I assume you used one on your GS’s in the past. Thanks, I value your opinion real-world opinion more than the website estimate. And I continue to love your videos and especially the interesting stories! Great stuff!👍👍👍
Thanks so much for the kind word. Go to Nelson Rigg www.nelsonrigg.com/
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Defender Extreme ADV. Got it, thanks.
I am glad to know that I am not the only one that rides with luggage stacked up to my shoulders. LOL Thanks for sharing your journey with us all. I never thought I would want to go back east or the mid west but you two are causing me to change my mind.
Is the Harley cheaper to maintain than the GSA?
We’ll find out. But the HD has 99k miles
Wife and I did the trace 5 years ago on a Honey Moon ride. We liked the historical sites, but found the unchanging scenery along the road quite boring. Like Rich my one friend was hanging off his bike too out of boredom lol. We were a small group and that kept it fun!!
Love your videos! Is Chris's bike the one you bought in D'ville, Ga? If so, you were only a few miles from our house! I'm glad you're both back to motorcycle camping.. makes it more of an adventure..lol The NTP looks very relaxing..nice & safe too! Did you see any wildlife along the Pky? Stay safe!
I asked once before but didn't get a response. I'd like to know what brand of highway pegs you have on the Tiger.
Thanks for the videos, very entertaining.
Sorry. I thought I answered. They are Tourtech brand for the Tiger
@@TwoWheelsBigLife awesome, thank you.
In your blooper. It was like a brother teasing his sister. We never truly grow up. Ride safe and have fun. 🇺🇸
Never grow up it’s a trap
September of 2020 four other guys and I rode from Natchez to Nashville also. It was a fun trip. Definitely made some good memories. We’re from S. Arkansas too. I knew exactly where you were on Hwy 7 when you went under that railroad track.
You got Daisy back...Why don't you use the trailer again or camping trailer again...
Is the Harley running better and mpg getting better....break in time...
That's not poison ivy 3 leaves shiny is shiny and it runs
awesome. Thanks.
Love your videos. Glad to see the Harley back in the videos when y'all took it out I unsubscribed and as soon as you brought it back I resubscribe.
Thanks for coming back
Gee, riding is riding. 🤔
Thanks for this video. The wife and I are planning jumping on the trace from the far south and heading to Tupelo then cutting across to Clarksdale to go to Ground Zero. This was very helpful. PS, I Love arriving at a camp ground and no one is there.
that trail is like cruising thru the Blue Ridge Parkway
Hey chris ,
Right decision to get back on the Harley subscribed back to the channel.
It does matter that you ride a "Harley" and does not matter anything else you ride 😉
Looking forward for your great videos.
Just so you Know, Bigfoot Lives in this area, also more of the Nephilim Creatures, hope you guys are Packing Heat while traveling these Historical Sites--Happy Trails....
Hi Rich, you recommend a bike cover that compacts nicely. I need a new cover for my 2018 Goldwing. What cover do you recommend? Thank you so much.
Good morning guys you make this videos very entertaining!!!Ill really like them and the research and the story’s behind the scenery, the entire series have been very good.
I have missed a few chapters and don’t know what happened to the truck and the caravan, but I’m glad they are a feature no more, and that you have gone back to light camping, don’t take that light to seriously.
I think you learned from the dinosaurs, they were grown to big, complacent, and way no, please let me say it, to stupid.
Congratulations on getting back to the bikes, for certain on shorter loops, yes, but it’s good seeing you again!!!
Love it , we're moving from Chicago to Nashville in Feb and the Natchez Trace will be our first long ride. I can't wait.
I'm wearing your shirt on the East side of Nashville watching this. Welcome to my world! :-)
Hey Richard and Chris, I hope yawl have a good adventure.
So far it’s been one.
Love you guys. It must`ve been `92-`93 in our big old van, my wife (passed last year) 3 sons, our friend (reminds me of Chris) and her son. We ended at Lookout Mt. Great trip ;- )
The Natchez Trace was the first federal Highway, even though it was a dirt trail for much of it. I rode it in the 80's and never saw a single police officer. It's a nice road, very level compared with the surrounding roads. It kind of spoils one. But watch out for wild life. I almost got nailed by a gliding Turkey. It passed in front of my windshield about 3 feet. I didn't have time to react. Probably have cameras and ticket by mail now. Near Jackson is where it got hairy by locals using it for a short cut. They didn't go 50. At least one of the Civil War landmarks I stopped at along the Parkway had a very creepy feeling about it.
Very nice. I need to map that out. Thanks again for a job well done. Hugs
They are closing sections to repair and repave the road. Just following the detour signs if you do. Plan ahead for gas stops. Watch for animals. They have unmarked patrol vehicles. Be wary of who you may encounter at some of the pull offs especially between Jackson, MS and Tupelo, MS.
---- y'all skipped the best site on the lower Trace - first, the Grand Village of the Natchez with its mounds in the city of Natchez and then Emerald Mound at about mile 10 of the Trace - you have to leave the actual Trace for a short distance, but well worth it - Emerald Mound is the 2nd largest Native American mound in the US - it is massive. For some reason it is illegal to fly kites there - don't know why: I'd think the Native Americans who had lived there would have thought kites were absolutely wonderful. While y'all were there at Rocky Springs on the Original Trace y'all missed your best chance at getting a World Class case of poison ivy - stuff is half the size of elephant ears in that area ( only mild exaggeration )
I remember when I first went to Natchez, it was the first Fall Pilgramage. My wife and I had a great time, Natchez has some great things to see. We drove up the Trace until we got to the birthplace of Elvis. I think it was 1975 or 76. Much of the trade before steamboats was by flat boats that were built along the Ohio River and when they got to Natchez they either sold the boats for lumber of just abandoned them and went back by the Trace. Beautiful drive, no commercial traffic.
Where U all camped at the last spot that was free, the birds singing in the back ground were finches my favorite birds. I know spring has come when I here them singing. Their song is different from any other bird. I want to record their song and put it on my cell when it rings. No one will know what is happening. HA! HA!
God bless and stay safe out there. Russ & Keira (my dog) HA! HA!
Next time you use that Swiss Army knife can opener: do it the other way around it's much more easy 😉😉🤓
By the way I like the Harley much better!! 👍👍🍀
You guys might want to consider updating your laptop to a newer model with Solid-State Hard Drive, instead of the old rotating disk style. The newer drives will handle the vibration of riding in your top box without any special padding…. Just a good protective sleeve. This would eliminate all the pool floaties
As a 68 year old dude, I've started mounting my Road King from the right side using the foot board while pulling in the front brake lever. So much easier than swinging my leg over the seat from the left especially with a rider's back rest.
We still have servjce at Rocky Springs on the last Sunday of the month. We do a living history/cemetery tour every year in October.
Great video.... A few of our members are heading to the Trace in September. Would be great to meet you guys.
Beautiful area. Hope to ride it one day
It’s a nice one.
You two are so cute! My husband and I rode the N.T. about 8 years ago and we loved all of the nice pull offs they have and the fact that there's nothing on it to interfere with the ride.
My most favorite video so far
Awesome thanks man.
for the laptops and vibrations, my solution was to get one of the harbor freight knockoffs of a pelican case, and then bolted that to my top box bolts on my tiger 900. that case comes with internal padding that's pretty good, and i keep all of my electronics-related stuff in that.
This isn’t relevant to this video, but how do you like the Triumph compared to the BMW?
I've only done a piece of it, but hopefully I can finish it someday. Neat tip for the laptops.
I have a pic of a few motorcycles by that same sign. Loved the Trace for many years. I do it less now. There are pics of me with my laundry drying on top of Jeff busby.
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