72 mi from halls crossroads,tn to church hill, tn; 3089 logged miles. I injured my left arm in berea on 7/25 and couldn't ride the next day and even yesterday. So, my wonderful sister drove the 130 miles from knoxville, picked up me and my gear and took me to her house where I spent the day recuperating and...playing bridge. She then got up this morning and drove me to a starting point where knoxville traffic wasn't a safety threat. Thank you, carol! So I restarted my journey today just outside knoxville.
I had pain in my arm while I rode today and I'm glad the ride is done. I'm riding up the great, long valley of the cumberland/appalachian mountains...I'll continue that direction for several hundred more miles until I reach front royal, va.
Hand written bulletin in a restaurant in blaine, tn: "found: two coon dogs that answer to 'poott' and 'butch'...will keep them until the owner comes to pick them up"
The kingsport, tn police chief stopped me outside rogersville, tn...as I was riding toward him I was frantically trying to figure out which law I had broken; surely I wasn't speeding. In fact he wanted me to tell him about bicycle touring. He plans to ride his 1985 model schwinn from memphis to kingsport. Do it, chief!
Tennessee and montana are in my mind tied for the designation of 'most beautiful state'.
30 more miles until I reach virginia.
I had pain in my arm while I rode today and I'm glad the ride is done. I'm riding up the great, long valley of the cumberland/appalachian mountains...I'll continue that direction for several hundred more miles until I reach front royal, va.
Hand written bulletin in a restaurant in blaine, tn: "found: two coon dogs that answer to 'poott' and 'butch'...will keep them until the owner comes to pick them up"
The kingsport, tn police chief stopped me outside rogersville, tn...as I was riding toward him I was frantically trying to figure out which law I had broken; surely I wasn't speeding. In fact he wanted me to tell him about bicycle touring. He plans to ride his 1985 model schwinn from memphis to kingsport. Do it, chief!
Tennessee and montana are in my mind tied for the designation of 'most beautiful state'.
30 more miles until I reach virginia.
Glad you were able to ride today. It was wonderful to see you and play bridge again.
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