Photo feature: Headed to a real theme park

Published 12:00 am Wednesday, October 14, 2015

By Sam Gause

Bettie Grace Holcombe, 4, rides the shoulders of her father James Holcombe as they look at different parts of Emerald Mound. The Holcombe family, which also includes James’ wife Gayle and son Henry, 2, both not pictured, set out from Dixon, Tenn. to travel the 444- miles of the Natchez Trace Parkway. “Some people take their kids to Disney World,” James said. “We take the ours to parks.” (Sam Gause / The Natchez Democrat)

Bettie Grace Holcombe, 4, rides the shoulders of her father James Holcombe as they look at different parts of Emerald Mound. The Holcombe family, which also includes James’ wife Gayle and son Henry, 2, both not pictured, set out from Dixon, Tenn. to travel the 444- miles of the Natchez Trace Parkway. “Some people take their kids to Disney World,” James said. “We take the ours to parks.” (Sam Gause / The Natchez Democrat)

Bettie Grace Holcombe, 4, holds onto her father, James Holcombe’s head as he runs down the side of Emerald Mound while enjoying the fall weather. The weather is expected to have highs temperatures in the mid-80’s throughout the week and dip into the 70’s over the weekend for the Natchez’s Great Mississippi River Balloon Race. (Sam Gause / The Natchez Democrat)

Bettie Grace Holcombe, 4, holds onto her father, James Holcombe’s head as he runs down the side of Emerald Mound while enjoying the fall weather. The weather is expected to have highs temperatures in the mid-80’s throughout the week and dip into the 70’s over the weekend for the Natchez’s Great Mississippi River Balloon Race. (Sam Gause / The Natchez Democrat)

Bettie Grace Holcombe, 4, looks at a ladybug that she found on a blade of grass while exploring Emerald Mound. (Sam Gause / The Natchez Democrat)

Bettie Grace Holcombe, 4, looks at a ladybug that she found on a blade of grass while exploring Emerald Mound. (Sam Gause / The Natchez Democrat)

James Holcombe walks around Emerald Mound with his daughter Bettie Grace Holcombe, 4. (Sam Gause / The Natchez Democrat)

James Holcombe walks around Emerald Mound with his daughter Bettie Grace Holcombe, 4. (Sam Gause / The Natchez Democrat)

 

 

 

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