Riding Tennessee Counties: A Place Stuck in Time Alternate US 70: Milan to Waverly

This is a collection of roads that I have ridden throughout Tennessee.  Here is a small sample of the best roads between the Mississippi River and Bristol.  These roads are a must to achieve Motorcycle nirvana in Tennessee.

This road takes you to a different time.    Bypassed by the major interstates it seems time has stopped in these towns.  Leaving Milan which is known for its Army Ammunition Plant we turn onto Alternate US Highway 70 we follow a winding road to Huntington Tennessee the County seat of Carol County.  With a population of 3,900 it is your above average Tennessee small town,  We stop for lunch and I ask the waitress, what is Huntingdon famous for?  Her answer was the Mustangs the High School Football team.  A 1A football program that has won a championship or two in the past.   With a standard southern downtown, with a picturesque Courthouse, town square, and standard old time movie theater Huntington is a symbol of the past.

We continue our ride to Camden where we cross the Tennessee River which is flowing into Kentucky Lake.  After crossing to river we arrive in Waverly another small southern Tennessee Town. We then turn north onto Tennessee 13 for the final push home to Clarksville.

A Day in Boston

What can I say about Boston?   It was a great experience.  I wish I had visited sooner.   Although we only spent 2 nights and a full day here we saw and walked a lot.  The freedom trail should be on everyone’s bucket list.  A 2.5 mile is a walk through American History.  The Paul Revers house, the site of the Boston Massacre, Bunker Hill, the USS Constitution it’s all here and more.

The city is much different now that the big dig is over with.  All of the freeways have been moved underneath the city.  This gives the city a park-like atmosphere.  It is hard to imagine what it was like when those freeways were above ground.   

We stayed right across from Faneuil Hall where Samuel Adams read the Declaration of Independence on 18 July 1776.  Near the Union Oyster House a restaurant that opened in 1826 and the Tavern across the street in continues operation since 1795. The Faneuil Quincy Market is a large open-air Mall with a great food court surrounded by modern shops. 

Man do they love there Cannoli’s after dinner at Durgin Park we walked up Hanover street in the heart of little Italy.  The line to Mikes Pastry was out the door and halfway down the block.  

We must get back here and see more of the city.  It was a great time we must come back for a Sox’s game at Fenway.  Oh so much to do so little time.

Riding Tennessee Counties: A Short Nervous Trip to Kentucky and a RiverRoad.

Here is a collection of roads that I have ridden as part of the Harley-Davidson Directors Challenge. The challenge was to ride as many Tennessee Counties as possible in 2015.   I have completed all 95 Tennessee Counties over the course of the last, spring, summer, and fall. Here are a sample best roads between the Mississippi River and Chattanooga.  These roads are a must to achieve Motorcycle Nirvana in Tennessee. Note these ride entries will be published periodically.

This ride starts in Union City Tennessee crosses into Kentucky to Hickman.  I always feel nervous about going to Kentucky, just because it's Kentucky.   Once in Kentucky, the road runs south along the Mississippi River to Tiptonville; finally ending up in Dyersburg.   Don't feel too nervous about being in Kentucky they've come along way in the last few days.

Leaving Union City to take TN 5 to Hickman.  Once in Hickman Kentucky which includes magnificent views of the Mississippi, we take Kentucky 94 towards Tiptonville.  Crossing back into Tennessee the road turns into Tennessee Highway 78.   Riding along Highway 78 you realize that this is a river road.  You continue to Tiptonville the County seat of Lake County.   The site of the infamous Battle for Island Number 10 and Grants fight for the Mississippi.   It is then on to Dyersburg you are in the low country crossing muddy streams that feed the muddy river.  This road gives you a glimpse of the old cotton South, passing fields with dirt left by a mighty river.   This ride lets you know we are a muddy river nation.