Yesterday, the last day of riding, was a long day. We left the beautiful Bull River Inn about 9:00 and rode easily back to the Trace. The morning was cool and so we needed jackets. We had about 10 miles less than previous days and I was starting to get into a rhythm of riding. It was even more hilly than the day before and we had a headwind for most of the day.
As usual, we broke the day into hour to hour-and-a-half sessions with breaks in between. Some breaks we just stopped and ate and other times we took the took off our shoes and napped on any horizontal surface.
The trace was beautiful as always with smooth roads and groomed green shoulders. We did cross the giant bridge (picture below) and made me nauseous to look down. Dave chucked my apple core off it but I couldn't watch it go down.
The end came at milepost 440 and was kind of an anti-climax. It just ended.
Then we found the bike shop, found some packing tape, boxed the bikes, taxi to the airport, pick up the rental car, get to the hotel, shower and drive downtown to dinner.
Downtime Nashville was a scene...the streets were packed with people...women were especially dressed up. The fashion is for skirts and cowboy boots. It was mostly young packs of guys or girls, but there was a mix of people that made for great visual entertainment. Most storefronts were bars with bands blasting away...some country, some rock and roll, none very appealing.
We had dinner at Jack's Barbecue (picture below) which was great fun.
We slept relatively late today and hung out in the lobby where breakfast was available for several hours...no rush to get going feels nice.
Got to finish up the details of shipping the bikes home and then look around town for a festival and/or some music...hoping to hear some Blues.
Sure nice to write this blog from a real computer instead of tapping it out on my phone.
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