Day Two Glasgow KY to Cookeville TN

I Think this is Belgium in the Spring!

38 degrees to start with more rain. But let me tell you about our night first. Our favorite little degenerate mechanic Shaggy, aka Mark Dwyer, turned 30 last night. So some of us stayed up late and celebrated with him. Seeing as this was a dry county we had to plan this little thing. We filled up Little Jim (the cooler) and then went to dinner. A few shots later and some good Mex food and i think he was on his way. Mark is one of the great things about this tour. He has been on 3 of the trips i have been on and he really is one of the good ones. He has a great perspective and is a little wacky, just like i like them. If he was 20 years older i am sure we would have went to jail together.
So another night of celebrating and a breakfast at Shoney's. this place is why the hillbillies wives guts are bigger than the husbands. Biscuits and gravy every day for breakfast? Punch you ticket fat girl. I did try the powdered eggs. Reminded me of my mothers cooking. Rest her soul, but she was a terrible cook huh Cathy? Remember Jewel generic ice tea and chicken in the friggin crock pot! She once cooked Thanksgiving dinner in the Microwave, Turkey and all. The whole episode reminded me of a Ron Popiel commercial. That machine was the reason I have hemmroids.
During the long 95 miles today I saw all kinds of crazy things. Do you watch the show Horders? i saw some hillbillies front porch that was right out of Horders. The porch was about 30 feet long and just littered with junk. Garbage bags, clothes, kids toys, i mean packed to rafters. you couldnt even walk on it. The weirdest thing is there was a full on Drum Set all ready to go amidst the crap. Like Deliverance Boy comes out sits on the stool and wails away to Metallica in the middle of the day. Before he gets his foodstamps and heads into Mount Pilot. I wondered about the inside but started to throw up in my mouth and had to press on.

We took a wrong turn 6 miles into the day and went 10 miles out of our way. this little detour didnt get us to lunch until about 1:30. Lots of flats, lots of cold riders but very little complaining. We had lunch at the Stone Church with George something or another as our host. got to remove my shoes and put on a dry pair of socks for the 30 miles home. we had a nice 1 mile climb and overall we did about 5600 feet of climing in the 95 miles...not epic but beautiful country side. We got to see and Amish Barn raising as well
Those people (why do people get offended when you say those people) Larry David does it all the time. Those people are really a little freaky. We looked off into the distance when a rider had a flat and saw three bearded boys all dressed the same standing around a fire next to their house. why are you there...no school? No cows to milk? No fields to plow? No chickens to have your way with? The whole thing is just pretty bizarre. But they make cool armoire's.

Rolled into Cookville and headed down the main drag running through the campus of Tennesse Tech to stop at an Ace Store and talk to the owner and workers. A real old lady in her car came up right next to me and her car rubbed my leg. I pounded on the hood for her to get over but she wouldnt even look at me. My wheel was rubbing on the curb until the stop light. she finally looked at me I said " Shame on You" I have heard that so many times in my life and it always hurts. I though it was better than yelling something about her age or saggy boobs. She didnt care she just cruised on barely seeing over the dashboard in search of another person to run down.
Cleaned the bike, had dinner and watched the weather for tomorrow. Rainy and cold. Oh, thats different. Best thing about tomorrow is the trip to Chattanooga Chidrens Hospital. Pictures and video will follow.
As Lee Ermey says...Hit it sweetheart! Lights out.