Day 2 (July 23, 2006)

Georgetown, KY to Knoxville, TN

Started at 9:15 a.m. ended at 12:30 p.m.

Total miles = 200

This was a short ride day because I only had to go as far as Knoxville because I was stopping at Jill’s house, my niece. My plan was to visit her for one day and then set out on my ride to the Blue Ridge Parkway. I got to her house at 12:30 p.m. on Sunday but she was at work. After calling her on her cell phone she called her baby sitter to let me in the house. Later Jill came home and we went out to dinner at the Olive Garden. I was glad I had my GPS on the bike because the route to her house was very complex with numerous turns through numerous subdivisions. Jill also asked me if I was going to ride the Tail of the Dragon. This was not on my original itinerary, but with two people suggesting it in two days, how could I miss it. After doing some research on my GPS, I was able to determine where it was so I plotted out a course for the Dragon which took me around the western edge of the Smokey Mountains.