Monday, May 12, 2014

Memphis to Nashville - All good things must pass

The final day of Biking Bad 2014 started like the they all do, waking up in yet another hotel, packing up our gear, hauling it to the parking lot, loading up the bikes and setting out in search of breakfast.


Bill and Jim pack their bikes for the ride home.

We completed our morning tasks and took an easy Sunday morning ride out of downtown Memphis.  We found a breakfast spot and sacrificed the final pig of Biking Bad 2014.

 Our traditional totus porkus

With breakfast out of the way, it was a simple matter of 190 miles on I-40 and on to Nashville.

We arrived in Nashville by noon, in plenty of time to celebrate Mothers Day.

The Nashville skyline

Biking Bad 2014 covered 3,950 miles and 18 days.  We rode through Arkansas, Colorado, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas.  We saw the Mississippi Delta, Cajun Country, the Texas oilfields, the Crossroads, Carlsbad Caverns, the Abo Ruins, Vicksburg, Erath, the UFO Museum, the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, the high plains, several mountain ranges, the Texas Panhandle and the Ozark Mountains.

We dined on fried chicken, tamales, gumbo, etouffee, burritos, tapas, pistachio fudge, hot wings and lots of pork.

We had a wonderful time touring the bayou with Moe and learning about the impending coup from Max.

Hearty thanks are owed to our families, friends, co-workers, dogs and everyone else who allowed us these 18 special days.  Carrie, Fifi and Laurel deserve special gratitude for once again giving us the time and space in which to indulge our need to explore and to ride our motorcycles.

What about next year?  We'll let you know.