TAT Trip - August 8-2010

Sunday AM.  Time to unload bikes from truck, and get going.

Kind of a late start, 10:15AM, Barb headed East, back home on same route we took last night getting there. Jon & I headed West on I-70, took I-270 around SE side of Columbus to I-71, then South. "Mr. Garmin" decided it was quicker to dump us off onto SR62, which is a little shorter, but a little longer time wise. Since I was already sick on Interstate driving, we thought the slower pace might be a good change.

Russellville, OH

All of a sudden, we entered a "time-Zone". Small village of Russellville. Look at this garage, open for business. Look at the gas pumps, and the old car behind them...like time stood still.

Brooks & Rich ready to leave Morgantown Sat AM

It wasn't long before we were ready to leave Ohio, and enter KY, by crossing the Ohio River, on this new, modern, and beautiful bridge. This crossing is just North of Maysville, OH.

The temperature was getting warmer by the mile, and was a pretty steady 91 degrees all afternoon. Finally about 6PM, we neared the NC, TN border, and the temps dropped a few degrees as we drove in and out of the shadows in the deep valleys.

We got to the Days Inn about 6:30PM, pretty whipped from the heat and the 300 plus mile ride.
We found our rooms up on the back side of the motel, Brooks and Rich already there. There were an additional four duel sport bikes parked there also. We soon learned it was a group from Greensboro, NC. Three of them were going to ride the TAT the whole way like us, but would be camping most of the time.The fourth, would head back home tonight.

L-Rt- Alex, Andrew and Trace