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June 4 back in Dallas
On Friday, Tony
and I have about 50 miles to do so we have 1000 miles on this trip. Head over
to our favorite breakfast spot in Townsend – Riverstone (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100094909845724)
– for sweet cream pancakes.
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| Riverstone Restaurant in Townsend, Tennessee |
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Riverstone Restaurant in Townsend, Tennessee
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Riverstone Restaurant in Townsend, Tennessee
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(sweet cream pancake, cheese omelet, bacon, hash browns, toast and coffee)
Then over to the new Foothills to the old
Foothills, jumping off at Lookout to do Top of the World and Happy Valley. We
thought about doing the Tail since it’s paved, but realize that if we aren’t
keen on it, we’ll either have to do it back, or take a long ride over the Cherohala
Skyway to not do it twice.
We ride to the beginning – smells super oily and
asphalt-y. Turn around and do the Foothill back. Yes, we did over 1000 miles on
the trip! Load up Blackie.
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| 1000 miles on this trip! |
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| Start of the newly paved Tail of the Dragon (Tennessee side) |
We head back to
Dallas on Saturday morning.
Had to take a picture of this Trump Superstore billboard in Tennessee. And, had to take pictures crossing each of the state lines (Tony said to grab B-roll since I take these pictures every year we come and go to Tennessee).
Stay in Monroe, Louisiana, for the night at the
Hampton Inn and Suites (this will be our third stay here). Order Pizza Hut for
the room since there is nothing really to eat on this side of 20. Nice evening
and then up on Sunday morning early to head home, with a stop at Buc-ee’s in Terrell,
Texas (Buc-ee's). Tony’s high
school classmate, Kelly O’Neil, has some art and mugs and stuff there. We buy a
coffee mug and gifts for Austin and his daughter, Kennedy, for taking care of
the pups. And dealing with two days without power due to the storms on Tuesday
in Dallas.
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| Georgia State Line Sign |
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| Alabama State Line Sign |
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| Raining while driving past the Mississippi State Line Sign |
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| Louisiana State Line Sign (actually after you're already in Louisiana) |
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| The "real" Louisiana State Line Sign is on the bridge over the Mississippi River. |
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| Texas State Line Sign (foggy) |
We disarm the
cameras to the garage so we can sneak up on the puppies. They are really happy
we’re home. And, happy that we got them Venison treats at Buc-ee’s! Another
nice annual trip east.
OMG: as I’m post
trip blog drafting, McGee comes for some love. And then I hear this noise from
around the guest bathroom (he likes to sleep in the tub and drink out of the
toilet). But this sounds like “tinkling.” He’s in the red room, peeing on the carpet,
next to our bags from our trip. I go and tell Tony. I head back and Abby is in
the red room. She’s sniffing McGee’s pee. And then goes over to Tony’s laundry
bag – and pees on it! Is this, “don’t you leave again spite pee”?
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