After our usual continental breakfast at the hotel, we took off in the van for Ridgely, TN to restart the ride. Heading SSW, we rode under near ideal conditions: a beautiful morning with a mild tailwind on very smooth roads on top of levees with almost no vehicle traffic. We were all feeling very blessed for the opportunity. We quickly ticked off about 30 miles heading roughly parallel to the river and then headed east toward the bluffs. The farms to our east were broad and appeared fertile.
Climbing the bluff we saw vast displays of out of control Kudzu. The flat bottomland roads gave way to hill after hill in the erode bluffs.
The roads winding through the hills were beautiful even if they were challenging. We still see lots of frogs that have croaked their last and in the hills the number of possums that have failed to get across the road alive is very high.
As we began to approach Covington, we escaped the dense hills and began to see more of Tennesee's rich farmland, like these fields of cotton.
After a 76 mile day we cruised into Covington and our reaonably nice Quality Inn.We were blessed with another invigorating and beautiful day!
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