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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=120 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0ec8dfe1esnpes.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Michael Czarnecki</B></FONT><B>     </B><B>|</B><B>     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Michael Czarnecki"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id17.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Brief Bio"><U>Brief Bio</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Poet"><U>Poet</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id77.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Journeys"><U>Journeys</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id75.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Themed Programs"><U>Themed Programs</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id69.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Colleges"><U>Colleges</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id80.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Parlor Programs"><U>Parlor Programs</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id72.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Writing Workshops"><U>Writing Workshops</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id71.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="PoetintheSchools"><U>Poet-in-the-Schools</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Oral Memoirist"><U>Oral Memoirist</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id73.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Community Project"><U>Community Project</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Some of My Writing"><U>Some of My Writing</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id70.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Palm of the Hand Writing"><U>Palm of the Hand Writing</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Schedule"><U>Schedule</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id83.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Southern Journey 2010 NOLA"><U>Southern Journey 2010 NOLA</U></A>   |   <B>SJ 2010 NOLA Page 2</B>   |   <A HREF="id85.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Southern Journey Page 3 NOLA"><U>Southern Journey Page 3 NOLA</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id86.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Southern Journey Page 4 NOLA"><U>Southern Journey Page 4 NOLA</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id87.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="SJ 2010 Page 5 NOLA"><U>SJ 2010 Page 5 NOLA</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id78.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="US 20 Journey 2010"><U>US 20 Journey 2010</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id89.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="US 20 Journey 2011"><U>US 20 Journey 2011</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id79.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="New Orleans"><U>New Orleans</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id81.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Acadia NP 509"><U>Acadia NP 5-09</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id23.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Books Available"><U>Books Available</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id82.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Fliers"><U>Fliers</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="References"><U>References</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id90.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Guestbook"><U>Guestbook</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact Me"><U>Contact Me</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=360 BGCOLOR="#CCCC99" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0ec8dfc3.jpg"> <div> <I>SJ 2010 NOLA Page 2</I></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id83.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Southern Journey 2010 NOLA"><U>SJ 2010 Page 1</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id85.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Southern Journey Page 3 NOLA"><U>SJ 2010 Page </U></A><A HREF="id85.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Southern Journey Page 3 NOLA"><U>3</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id86.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Southern Journey Page 4 NOLA"><U>SJ 2010 Page 4</U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id87.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="SJ 2010 Page 5 NOLA"><U>SJ 2010 Page 5</U></A></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="30d58c20.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="450" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">     <IMG SRC="30ff4770.jpg" border=0 width="500" height="375" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> Couldn't leave Tupelo without a look at Elvis Presley's Birthplace, just a few blocks from where I stayed.</div> <bR> <div> After that I went back to the Trace, with a lot of miles ahead of me. Wanted to make it to Natchez by dark, so I'd have to move along at a better pace than the first day.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="31158c20.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="450" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> How many times was this story repeated throughout the country?</div> <bR> <div> above tall white pines</div> <div> redtail soars in deep blue sky</div> <div> pileated calls</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="31358c20.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="450" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> Another of the many Mounds found along the Trace. This one part of Bynum Mounds site.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="31558a80.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="424" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> Soon the bluebirds should be returning to Wheeler Hill. This one at Bynum Mounds.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="31758c20.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="450" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> Hre you can see how the use of the trace over such a long time wore down the ground.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="31957120.jpg" border=0 width="599" height="530" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> heron glides away</div> <div> reflection in still water</div> <div> Chaung Tzu's butterfly</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="31b58c20.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="450" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> The Trace through Southern Pine country.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="31d58c20.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="450" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> It'll be another five weeks or so before Red Maples bloom on Wheeler Hill.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="31f58c20.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="450" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> meandering stream</div> <div> water barely moving on</div> <div> I've miles yet to go</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="32158c20.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="450" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> once a grand estate</div> <div> all that's left, two monuments</div> <div> a few daffodils </div> <bR> <div> This from Cowles Mead family cemetery by Jackson, MS. Once a great estate occupied the site. </div> <div> A lavish home, "Greenwood," aprominent family - early 1800s. </div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="32358c20.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="450" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> At times, the boundaries of the Parkway are close to the road. This, near Natchez.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="32558c20.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="450" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> Spanish Moss starts appearing in the southern portion of the road.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="32758c20.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="450" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> This cliff, ice-age dust from disances away.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="32958c20.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="450" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> The southern end of the Trace, Natchez, MS.</div> <div> Now, on to New Orleans!</div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id85.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Southern Journey Page 3 NOLA"><U>SJ 2010 Page 3</U></A></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>