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Jackson to Spring City
... and I didn't have any of my rain gear with me because in all my brilliant wisdom I decided to leave it in my hotel. There aren't any places for cover between my moms house and the hotel so I decided to stick it out. I was surprised to see how quickly my boots and gloves filled with water. This made for a chilly and invigorating ride. Got to the hotel around 11pm ...
About Halfway There
I've been alone in this car for eight hours Right now I'm wishing I didn't buy an aftermarket exhaust because after eight hours I can't hear at all. Right now I'm wishing I didn't eat that bean burrito fifty miles back, because we just passed the last rest stop for 100 miles. Right now I'm wishing I had packed something other than oatmeal cream pies and Mountain Dew for snacks. Speaking ...
And the Winner is ...
OK, OK … you've been waiting patiently to learn the winner of the "Guess Gary’s Globetrotting" contest. The contest was kicked off in my very first blog post, on September 19.
Successful entrants, sucked in by the lure of a winner’s prize, had to guess how many miles I’d ride from the time I left the Sanders residence in Farragut, Tennessee on September 21 – to our ...
All Good Things Come to an End -- in Farragut
... Vanderbilt, whose family had amassed a fortune through steamboats, railroads and various business enterprises. George Vanderbilt bilt (sic) the Biltmore Estate with a $12 million inheritance. That was serious money in the late 1800s.
We view the Estate from afar, because we are too cheap to pay the $50 ransom required to enter the grounds. Yes, it's a bit highbrow for two guys on bikes, eager to head home. But if you want to ...
Get Your Motor Runnin, Head Out on the Highway ...
... familiar. It's a good reminder of what I have in store the next three weeks, and it helps me make sure the blog is functioning properly. All the images you see on this blog in the days ahead will be original material, shot on my iPhone, in the Fall of 2012, with the ink barely dry on the photo paper.
I'm posting this blog entry because -- with apologies to Willie Nelson -- I'm on the road again.
Today, I ...