Monthly Archives: March 2012

BSNT Tupolo Mississippi Hot, humid, sunny. Did I mention hot? A day of riding and a couple of nature walks. Usual info about plants, trees, shrubs, edible and not. The film at the government visitors center is a terrible whitewash … Continue reading →

BSNT russellville Alabama Nice riding weather, a little humid. Alabama we hardly knew you. A few nasty hills and you were gone. Other than colbert landing on the Tennessee river (in Alabama) there were no attractions in Bama. Mississippi had … Continue reading →

BSNT Florence Alabama On the Tennessee river. Rainy day with some thunderstorms. And.. Endless ridges. Took one of the nice nature walks along the trace. No wildlife but excellent signage about river bottom trees and how the land subsides to … Continue reading →

Sunny another perfect day then humid with a nasty gusty headwind Coal, steam and high btu varieties were the morning conversation. Coal employment is down due to epa regulations making natural gas a bit cheaper than steam coal- has about … Continue reading →

Perfect weather for tackling the hills of Western Tennessee. Breakfast at the Loveless cafe. An establishment just like casa de frutta except loveless is no longer family controlled. An LLC. Claim they serve 400000 guests a year and 7000 biscuits … Continue reading →

Nashville sunny Early, by our standards, walk to state park info. Knew less about how to get to the trace than I did. Found excellent chess pies. Would not have tried except for Paul’s at Marv’s party. Here they are … Continue reading →

Seated next to us on the flight was the sound engineer for Steve Martin. Has worked with many in the business. Extremely polite in an immediately recognizable Southern way. Yes sir, yes mamhm. Just nice to hear him speak. That, … Continue reading →

Another spring another Boog Adventure. Boogs Sack the Natchez Trace, http://www.nps.gov/natr/index.htm A National park and scenic biway favored by bicyclists. Naturally, as part of this list, you will share some of the park and hopefully a sufficient amount of the … Continue reading →