Today was a long, fun stressful day of riding. Not only did I get to practice my turns on a few twisty roads, but I also got the honor of IT specialist for all of dad’s high tech needs. 😂🙄😬🤔.
After yesterday’s grind we started off the morning with some Cracker Barrel for breakfast……It was ok. Has anyone noticed they kind of skimp on the bacon these days. Anyways….We are ready to ride and tackle the traffic of Knoxville, TN. Keep your head on the swivel!!! But first we stop and play a mean game of checkers. 🫣😬😬…..and I wonder why we average 30mph 🤔. Ok ok it was a quick game of me whooping dad.
Now we are off like a heard of turtles!!! 🐢🐢🐢
Well after a long morning of riding through TN we have made it to Fayetteville. What a gorgeous day and really a pretty ride. We stopped at a rest stop so dad could “quickly” find a place to eat. After we fumbled around, hot and tired, we made it to another Mexican restaurant.
For some reason this year we always have Mexican for lunch. Not real sure why, although I do love it. Craving some good BBQ…..however I’m no longer in TX. That’s a joke for all my TN family 😂😁😁
Dad is our navigator and working on the afternoon route. Today I had him download Google maps app to help with directions. Now he can zoom in on different routes. In the mean time I’m taking a siesta!!!
At this point it’s 1 in the afternoon and we had gone 160 miles. Which means another 210 to go with 100 miles of interstate…..ugh For those that don’t know interstate motorcycle riding is for the birds.
Oh I almost forgot….so yesterday we rode 20 miles out of our way to stay at a different motel. So you may ask why would they do that??? Well the reviews of both motels in Savannah in big capital letters said BED BUGS don’t stay there. I’m thinking let’s ride on to avoid the nasty bugs. My other rider gave me a hard time today because now we had extra miles to ride. Well worth it in my opinion . Just sayin!!! 🧐
Ok back to riding….a quick pit stop before getting on I25 and dealing with that mess. May the force be with us 🥵🫣🥵.
At least the scenery is nice. It’s hard to tell with my terrible picture taking skills, but this is the on ramp to the scary 🙂 ….The interstate is below.
Finally after hours of riding and sitting in traffic through Knoxville we made it. All safe and sound. Heads still on the swivel. What a hot ride!!!
Another long day of riding in the books. 373 miles in total….which for us is a lot. It took nearly 10 hours……we take lots of pit stops. 🙂
Tired and exhausted….time for dinner and cold beers. We need to get rested up for tomorrow’s “Dragon Tail”. The climax of this year’s trip.
For those that remember 2 years ago before dad’s heart attack I had him walking 5 miles on our motorcycle trip in AR. Now that the heart is back to healthy I added in hills this year 😁🤔🙄
Good night and wish us luck tomorrow. It’s going to be crazy…..eeee 😬😬😬🫣🫣
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