Took another Motorbike trip this weekend with my friend Eric. Sadly, the Magna didn't make it. I loved that little bike but it was just too small for the kind of riding I want to do so I sold it. Eric just bought a new one though and gave me the "friendship discount" to buy his 750 Nighthawk. It was a hard deal to pass up.
We left his house in Nashville on Monday and drove around a bunch of twisty roads in west Tennessee and Kentucky looking for cool places to stop.
Our Route
Here's some photos of the adventure:
This crazy thing is apparently the first coal-burning furnace.
Energy Lake in Land Between The Lakes
Eric Newcomer...listen for his sweet Mandolin playing on "Lead Me" when our new record is released
Our luxurious camp site in the morning.
When we arrived at the campsite, it was completely dark. We had been sitting down all day and needed to walk around so we took our flashlights and wandered into the woods. It made for a great view of the stars but when we flipped our lights on to look around, a skunk was rummaging in some grass about 30 yards away. He wasn't bothering us so we took a mental note, turned our lights off, and looked at the sky again. About a minute later, Eric turned his light on to check the skunk.
He was 5 feet away and looking right at us.
Now how does that old philosophical question go? If two grown men scream like little girls in the woods at a skunk and no one is around to hear it...
Pretty sure it DOES NOT make a sound.
It gets a little worse. We scurry off back to our tent and are hanging out, playing games on our iPhones (the campiest of camp activities) and things are fine. About 15 minutes later we smell our friend again. Yes. The little bugger followed us all the way across the campgrounds to our tent and was sitting 20 feet away.
The good news is that we never got sprayed. We ended up leaving the area for a little bit until he disappeared. The bad news we could faintly smell his odor for the rest of the night.
The next morning we woke up and we headed to our respective homes. It was 600 miles of riding for me when all was said and done. It was a great time, but I'm sore.
I think I'll drive my car today.
dan
5 comments:
That must be fun to just drive out on the open road and not really care were you stop, you just drive.
You, my friend, are a fabulous blogger. Mainly because I have loved the band for quite awhile. But you honestly won me over with the LOST blog, and your uber cool bike :) I mean, who can beat a sweet guitarist with an uber cool bike and a LOST love? no one, that's who! :) lol.. just keep rockin'
love your photos. love your stories. love love love all around. :]
p.s. i'm so pumped that you boys finally have a BUS! and i hope that it journeys to Virginia Beach during your tour with my BFF Jason Gray! ;]
Hey,how's my 'REAL' friend from Soulfest doing? I haven't seen any other blogger ever come close to how funny you are! I love the skunk story, dude!!! It's a common reaction around here cause we have a couple skunks staying with us-in our woodshed...I had gone to town one day when my cellular phone rang in my pocket so loudly that I almost went off the road. So I pulled over to check who it was calling me at that time of the day. I opened the phone and the first thing I heard was a little boy screaming just like a girl. I asked him what the matter was and a strangely out-of-breath voice answered, "A skunk is chasing me!" my youngest brother was being chased by our town mascot! Man, won't we have a time telling that story this Christmas! lol
Wow,what beautiful photos.Glad you had a good and blessed time my friend.Love ya'll's blogs.Thanks so much for sharing.
God bless always,
Stephanie G
NC
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