Day 17 - Finally, some of the corners we have been looking for...
Yippee!! Corners...
Wow, it's amazing. Corners, what are they? The closest thing we have seen in the way of corners in the last few days at least, are the on and off ramps to the Interstate Highways (and their nice and tight turns as well, good for practicing toe scraping!!!)
So why was today so different? Well we took a left turn instead of a right, meaning we followed the back roads instead of the Interstate. We haven't done this too much during the trip because of the timeframes we were working to and the distances we needed to cover. But today wasn't one of those "hurry, we need to be there by xyz", so we had all day to do just on 220 miles. On the Interstate, that's about 4 hours, on the back roads, it's over 6.
Today was also the day that we completed our dumbwayround route as we are now back where we started. The next two days are all about riding the Smokey Mountains, riding some of the best riding roads in the world. Tomorrow we will kick-off with a loop that takes in the Tail of the Dragon - a set of corners that go for approx. 13 miles, but have over 300 corners... but the route selected for tomorrow is only 155miles, but the whole way is corners!! Can't wait. Here's the link if you're interested: http://goo.gl/Gl5VeM
But to finish off where we left off yesterday, I have included a few of today's photos...
On our walk around west Nashville this morning, we came across this
When we arrived at Nashville a few days ago, parking was limited, so the Hotel staff kindly allowed us to park on the side path beside the Hotel... Problem is we didn't see this sign until this morning... d'oh!! Nothing came of it...
Morning muster prior to departing Nashville
The places you stop for a drink... Get to meet the natives doing this. Always friendly, even if a little strange! This place was the cleanest convenience store I have seen anywhere in the world!!
For lunch we stopped at a small local diner called Edgewood Restaurant is Crossville. These places are great for food, real locals and great hospitality and today was no exception. Plus they are cheap as chips... except for on this occasion we found this...
This appears to be the rubbish we put in our mouths... It says Fresh Buttery Taste Spread... About the only bit that's butter is the word on the packaging... Ok, that's not true, there is <2% butter included in the ingredients!!
And this is what they give you for milk for your coffee... I know the picture is unclear, but let me assure you there is no 'dairy' product in this 'creamer'.
Our destination today was Pigeon Forge. It's is a strange place, in the middle of nowhere, but busy as New York City!! It has Dollyworld, (Dolly Parton) and all these themed buildings. I think in an earlier blog entry I included some photos of the Titanic and an upside-down building, well here are some more... yes that is King Hong...
We were going to get Andy to mount this beast, but he got all shy and stuff and wouldn't do it...!!
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