We had decided that we were going to meet at Tasker’s house and leave around 8:00 am. I headed over to Mike’s and before I got to their house the rain started pouring. It wasn’t a light rain either. It was a downpour. Kevin didn’t make it over until after 8:30 and he was soaked to the bone by the time he pulled into Mike’s. The rain didn’t let off until after 9:00 which is when we actually got on the road. We all got wet, but it wasn’t raining as hard as it was at 8:00. We got about 8 miles from Mike’s house and roads were dry.
We rain into rain on and off throughout the day and were becoming quite skilled at putting our rain gear on and taking it off due to all the repetitions we were getting today.
Rest Area in Tennessee
Rest Area in Tennessee
We made it to the cabin just before dark. The cabin is wonderful, I wish I could say the same about the driveway. The driveway is plenty good for a car, but the dirt path is washed out in enough spots to be challenging for fully loaded street motorcycles.
We unpacked and then headed back down to the grocery store for supplies. We had homemade grilled chicken salad, with fruit. We were all very hungry and the food was delicious. It was almost midnight by the time we got cleaned up and headed for bed. We put about 460 miles on the bikes today. It took longer than we expected because of the weather, but overall it was good travel day. We still need to decide where we are going to go tomorrow and that will be the topic of discussion over breakfast.