When the crack of thunder woke me up at 5am, I knew there would be a rain delay to today's journey. So, we enjoyed the morning talking to a few other riders staying at the hotel who were heading over to ride the "Dragon's Tail". We finally got on the road about 9:30 to a bit of a chilly start, which was expected since we were up in the Smokey Mountains and the rain had just passed through.
Before hitting the road, we checked the weather and planned our route for the day. The rain looked to be to the west of us, around Atlanta, so we headed south but kept to the east. We managed to stay off the Interstate all but 50 miles and enjoyed some more back roads through South Carolina and Georgia. Plus, we managed to dodge all the rain and thunderstorms in the area and arrived at the hotel dry. Very nice!
We rode through some more great American farm country today and not just corn fields. We also rode though several cotton fields. I had to laugh at myself when we rode by a cute little plantation looking house with a sign identifying it as the "Cotton Patch". Being that I grew up in Nevada, cotton fields was not my initial thought.We're down to the last 230 miles or so of our trip. Hopefully, we can get an early start tomorrow so we can get home in time to pick up the dog and cat. It's been a wonderful vacation but I'm ready to sleep in my own bed.
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