Day #18 Hurricane Mills, TN to Cookesville, TN
Uh, the map said it was a good road...Well, we all got up "rearing" to go this morning. The first group (Fred, Craig, SB and Steve) went out on the road only to find the road we picked turned into a gravel 1.5 miles out. With some creative re-routing (a short ride on I-40 again) we we on our way. Through Hill and Dale they made to the end at a good pace. Jacoby O'Gwinn of the Murfreesburo PD, Tenn rode with this group for quite a while. We picked PD support from Hickman and Williamson County.
The second group (Bruce, Nancy, Tony and Dawn) had a lot of rollers on a slight downhill route into Nashville. In Nashville, we held a brief ceremony at the Police Memorial at the Nashville PD HQ. Attending the ceremony was Chief Ronal Serpas, Capt Andy Garrett and many other Officers. After the ceremony we headed again into rising rolling hills.
Group 3 (Dennis, Patrick, Rob and Kevin) rode as quickly as possible through a series of steep peaks, while traversing S-curve after S-curve. Several locals were quoted as saying, “There some big ole hills to come.” They were facing a late check-in time at the hotel and pedaled like little kids headed for the playground. The scenery was amazing. The tall bright green trees lined the roads and small towns dotted the roadway throughout their route.
Sheriffs from Smith County and Putnam Country helped fend off the local traffic and led the way. There was a ton of traffic considering our remote location. Almost everyone tried to squeeze in a quick nap along the way and yesterday’s rest day seemed long gone. Urban legend has it that tomorrows hills will be some of the steepest that we have seen. Stay tuned....
Fred gearing up
Fred, SB, Craig and Steve
Craig with a smile...
Capt Andy Garrett with the Nashville Motors, Great job Guys!
Riding through Nashville...
Craig speaking at the Nashville Memorial Ceremony
Heading out of the City
Dennis, Pat, Rob and Kevin traversing the beautiful countryside
Group 3 crossing a river in Tennessee...
posted by PUT Coast to Coast at 9:17 PM
6 Comments:
Dawn,
Hey auntie!! We miss you here and I hope your trying to enjoy yourself a little... We'll see you soon. Ride safe,
Stacy
great pic of Fred, tried to make it my wallpaper computer rejected it! Ha Ha.
Keep up the great work. We hope to pull out for DC on Sat.
Be safe, see ya'll soon.
Kevin are you working on the slang?
Steve OHP 159
Hey Kev - miss you - making reservations today for Thursday - can't wait to see you all in DC - keep up the good work - Hi to Dennis and the rest of the crew - awesome job. Nick says Hi and said he hopes you're not driving Mr. Dempsey crazy. Love Jeanne & Nick
Wow! I had no idea that Tennessee was so pretty!
Hope the hills on Tuesday don't hurt you guys too much - don't you know that some of you are getting too old for this sort of thing!
Good work, keep up the pace, know that we're all thinking about you guys (mind you, I'm thinking of you from the comfort of my cushy little office with a nice warm cup o' joe at this time of the morning instead of trying to bike my way up some steep TN hills!)
Oh, and Dennis, along with your new nickname of "hot pants", your "idiot son-in-law" has earned a new, somewhat related nickname as well: fuzzy britches. Make sure you ask him about it when you get home.
Jenny
Shane,
Great shots of you the other day. Have you had any better biking today? Hope there's not been too much gravel. Will you go through parts of W VA? Can be beautiful there. Have a great day.
Emily, Elaine, Ruth, Josie & Brittany
You guys are awesome! Wish I could've met you while you were in TN, but I'll get the chance in DC. Stay safe!
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Kristen TBI
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