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I woke up today, as everyone did, to the news of the mass shooting in Las Vegas. I decided to shut off the TV and just get up and go. I guess I wanted to put reality off for another few days. The problem with being alone on the motorcycle, is you cannot shut your mind off. I thought a lot about it today. I won't share my thoughts here, I'd like to keep the blog non-political.
For the ride today, I started out for a short stint on the interstate before turning off on Arkasas Route 23 - also known as the Pig Trail Scenic Byway (click for more). As soon as I got off the interstate, the road started to get twisty and rise up into the mountains. It reminded me of the mountain roads that I ride in North Carolina. After so many days of straight flat roads, it was nice to see hills and curves again!
This is one of only two photos that I took the entire day - I just wasn't really feeling up to taking photos today.
As I rode further north and east, the mountains gave way to farmland again - and the air started to get really smoky - worse and worse the further northeast that I rode. I soon found out why - many of the fields that I rode by were being burned... to clear them for the end of the season I am assuming. It made for a pretty unpleasant ride.
There wasn't really a whole lot to look at for most of the rest of the ride. I continued northeast across the boot heel of Missouri where I passed through the town of Kennett, which the welcome sign told me was the hometown of Cheryl Crow. Exiting!
I finally crossed over the Mississippi river and into Tennessee! State number 23!
The actual sign was on the bridge over the Mississippi, so once again I settled for the sign at the welcome center.
It was only a few more miles to my stop for the day of Dyersbyrg, TN. I checked in to the hotel, grabbed something to eat, and called it a night. Not the most exiting day, but I was getting closer to home!
Today's miles - 390 (628 km)
Total miles - 6,875 (11,064 km)
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