Smokies......

I'm heading out on Friday for a ride in the mountains.

Preliminary plans include a Friday ride from Hattiesburg to Cleveland, TN (420 miles)
Saturday morning ride through the Smokies through Deal's Gap and ride the Tail of the Dragon, head to Cherokee and finally onward to Asheville (260 miles)
Sunday morning leave Asheville and take the lower route back through the Smokies through Gatinburg and go all the way to Nashville (300 miles)
Monday morning get on the Natchez Trace and ride it all the way from Nashville to Jackson and then hit Hwy 49 and come my tired ass home (480 miles)

It's only 1460 miles, but those miles through the mountains are hard miles, not interstate miles. You go 30 mph up and down those switchback roads and keep your attention focused on what is right in front of you. Zaps all your phychic energy!

Then the Natchez Trace thing where the speed limit is 50. I've got 360 miles of that until we jump off north of Jackson. That'll be an easy 9 hours on the trace so we'll see how that works out with us old guys!

Looks like we have 5 going for sure - but we'll see who shows up at the Waffle House Launch Pad at 7am on Friday!

Pray for peace and justice and Keith!!