Miles: 100 Miles
Ride Time: 6 hours 12 minutes
Avg. Speed: 16.2 Mph
Total Climbing: 5528 feet
Work: 3331 kJ
Today we enjoyed the beautiful Tennessee country side. We headed out of Union City and biked through rolling hills. We passed well maintained homes and small farms. Unlike Missouri with its large mega farms, Tennessee seemed split between homes and agriculture with lots of woods in-between.
We also came across barns for tobacco that at first seemed to be on fire. We thought they were used to smoke ham but later when we saw one with its door open we noticed that it was filled with tobacco.
We stopped for lunch in Puryear, it looked like it had not changed in 100 years. But unlike the other deserted towns of Missouri or Oklahoma, Puryear seemed well maintained.
We continued on over the Tennessee River and rode along the Tennessee Ridge surrounded by forests that were starting to get their fall colors.
I rode with the Colorado Team since this was our fourth day of century riding and we could utilize the pace line to conserve energy. We are all looking forward to our final rest day in Nashville in two days. The day after Nashville will be one of the longest rides.
It was a great day to ride and take in the scenery. Tennessee is much more beautiful then I expected.
I hope you get a chance to check out the other photos from today on Flickr.
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