Day 6

Today we rode from Gatlinburg to Nashville was just 230 miles of mainly highway. We left at 9.11am which is a world record start for this group. Fuel consumption was 42.9 mpg. A nice rainstorm caught us twenty miles from Nashville so we pulled over and put on our rain gear. Yes, you guessed it. No more rain.  The speed limit was mostly seventy miles per hour and a lot of cars and trucks were passing us. Mark T has done a fantastic job with navigation and leading. Looking out for dangers, deciding when to overtake safely, finding where to eat. Mark T planned most of the trip and booked all the hotels up to now.  I give him a hard time about everything but I know he will not read the blog but his lovely wife and mother will read this and know how much the gang appreciate his effort. (Even if he has funny legs.)

 
 
We arrived in Nashville at 4.30 pm central time so we had time to do some laundry and have a shower. Dinner tonight was at a famous BBQ place called Martin's Bar-B-Que Joint. Apparently it is famous and the food was good and the service fast. We walked around town and the place is crazy with all the live music and crazy buses and pedal bars. Seems like every second one was for hen's parties.

 

View from the mountain yesterday

Hard to see but every floor is packed with people sitting at open windows.

People sit on both sides pedaling and drinking.. The driver sits at the front. no motor