July 12, 2025
July 12, 2025
At long last - travel day has arrived. I’m a bit strung out from things leading up to this trip, and slept poorly the night before.
Fill in narrative to come…
This is Hwy 53 headed north, pretty sky beckons and nice to know at least for the first half of the day the sun will be at my back.
The rest area near Nickajack lake means you’ve navigated through one of the more treachorous stretches – Chattanooga, TN. Not sure why but truckers and others wick it up around the turns, block in traffic and raise blood pressure for others. A few hours later, the whole northbound I-24 would be shutdown due to a shooting on the freeway. All traffic routed between two exits on an interstate. Probably an hour lost here.
That baseball park bench was site of a much needed 20m nap.
It is brutally hot, temperatures in mid 90s for much of the day and humid. When you are at speed, it helps. But with full riding gear on – you inevitably get soaked in sweat. There was no way I was going to make Topeka, KS as originally hoped. I ended up finding a neat spot in Daniel Boone WMA. First time putting together a new tent.
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- Highlight : Finally rolling and then finding a peaceful place to sleep in WMA
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