We stayed at the lovely Belmont Hotel, in Belmont MS last night.
Belmont Hotel
Had a quick breakfast and hit the road early. We got back to the Trace and I was on my way by 7:00. This made for a great day as I was able to get a lot of good miles in before it got too hot. Around 9:00 I had already ridden over 30 miles.
They had a severe storm blow through last night, the tornado sirens were going off several different times between 7:00 and 9:00 p.m.. Here is a a picture of a flooded field.
We crossed over the TENN_TOM Waterway.
The riding this morning was still somewhat hilly, much more so than I expected, as was yesterday in southern TN, and AL and northern MS. Although later on this afternoon, we saw this sign, and I was excited about it getting flatter.
Thinking that it would be getting flatter, and it did.
We stopped at the Visitor Center and had a nice break, and even sent an email.
And then we start to see signs....like these..
And then it all went down hill, and fast. Apparently, Mississippi uses the Natchez Trace as a local state highway. TN, and AL seem to think that the Trace is a National Park, as it is, but not Mississippi. There were tons of cars, and more cars, going very fast. By law the max speed limit is 50 MPH on the Trace, but these guys, at least it seemed, were going a lot faster than that.
Here is a picture of 2 STUPID REDNECKS from Mississippi. My apologies to Faith Hill, and my friends from MS, but these 2 are just idiots.
They passed me, and I guess they either didn't think I should be on the road, or they were just target practicing. In any case. they threw a bottle of water at me, good thing they are stupid, because they missed. I told you they are stupid, so guess how I got their picture?
They stopped less than 2 miles after throwing the bottle at me to have a smoke. How many silver Hyundai's with 2 rednecks in it, do you think there are in a couple mile radius of where I was?? So I took their picture and asked if they threw the water at me, of course they said "no". I told them since this was a National Park that, Homeland Security would be contacting them about this incident, then I left.
We were supposed to me at that rest area, but after my encounter, I keep going, and Lynn, the SAG Wagon found me a mile down the road.
This stretch of 30 miles or so was not good, and the rednecks just made it worse. After the incident, I had Lynn follow behind me with her flashers on for awhile, to run "blocker" for me.
Once through the craziness, things got a lot better. Because the roads are used so much in Mississippi, they aren't in the same condition that they are in TN, and AL., but I got lucky and they paved a huge section of the Trace.
We also passed a Lake that was named after me. Lake Lamar BRUCE.
Who closes a Lake? Especially named after Sir Bruce??
It was a good day, got started early so it was cool to start, and was riding fast to get through the Tupelo area, and before you knew it, I was almost to the stopping point for the day. I decided to ride some more, as our room wasn't going to be ready until 1, after we called to see if we could check in early. So I rode a total of 82 miles today. Great day. It's been a long time since I have ridden 82 miles in a day. I am now half way. Still have 222 miles to go, but that means I have completed 222 miles as well.
See ya.
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