by adventuretoward | Oct 28, 2013 | Biking, Mississippi, Natchez Trace (Biking) 2013, Trail Journals
Back in Clinton, before we reached Kosciusko, a woman learned we were biking the Trace south to north. When she heard, she kept exclaiming, “You’re going uphill all the way!” I didn’t think too much about it, for none of the materials talks...
by adventuretoward | Oct 29, 2013 | Biking, Mississippi, Natchez Trace (Biking) 2013, Trail Journals
We decided to skip the Hwy. 82 ride this morning from Eupora, and instead took a lesser-traveled road that required repeating 2.5 miles (4 km) of the Trace. However, it was no big deal. So, the day started out cloudy, but the sun came out around noon and overall it...
by adventuretoward | Oct 30, 2013 | Alabama, Biking, Mississippi, Natchez Trace (Biking) 2013, Tennessee, Trail Journals
Today Ed and I set another record: we biked 90 miles (145 km) to Collinwood, Tenn., farther than either of us has ever biked before. YIt wasn’t as difficult as we’d thought. Maybe it’s because we’re becoming conditioned. Anyway, as I wrote yesterday, we had...
by adventuretoward | Oct 31, 2013 | Biking, Natchez Trace (Biking) 2013, Tennessee, Trail Journals
We’d been hearing for almost a week about a big storm coming Thursday, our day to bike to Hohenwald. Normally, weather forecasts are wrong, but this one was right. We woke up to light rain, which was predicted to intensify during the day. First, we biked over to The...
by adventuretoward | Nov 1, 2013 | Biking, Natchez Trace (Biking) 2013, Tennessee, Trail Journals
Our last day, and we’re headed to Nashville, baby! It was hard to believe our adventure was almost over. So, last night the storm really kicked in, with rain and high winds. Then, this morning, it was very foggy when Bill served us our breakfast: bacon, eggs and...