It’s not rain this morning but heavy mist. Still gotta put your wet suit on to ride though. On the up side – probably won’t be getting sun burned…. Time to get started.
Making me glad that I decided against tent camping last night.
What a great day on the bike. Yea, I had to start in my wet suit but that only lasted until the first gas stop. Sure is nice having a good GPS. I just put in the address I want to go to, tell it to avoid highways & sit back and enjoy the ride. Of course there are times that I think I could have picked a better route on my own (especially when I’m going through down town somewhere) but overall – I’m sure glad to have it.
Most of the roads today looked like this – gentle curves and solitude.
The Rock – the grim reaper watches over her. Won’t be long, it’ll be gone…..
Then I saw that I could make a slight detour and go to Darlington – The Lady in Black. No question, that’s where I went. I even paid my $5 and went through the stock car museum there. Probably worth $5 but that’s about it. They do have the wrecked car that Darrell Waltrip took this wild ride in back in 1991 (worth the couple minutes it takes to watch). I always liked this track, first because for a while Dale Earnhardt pretty much had it figured out & secondly because of its history. The fastest racing line at Darlington is right up against the wall. You’re not really trying if the right side of your car hasn’t been flattened by the wall. For a while it was even thought that a car with a flat right side would run faster than one with stock fender flares; so drivers would purposely bump their cars against the wall to make that “modification” – The Darlington Stripe.
The Lady in Black – also – The Track Too Tough to Tame
Right now I’m kicking back in Columbia, SC – very close to the college. That means that all the drivers around here drive like you did when you were that age. Not much patience or understanding for an old man on a bike, hauling a trailer. Tomorrow – Atlanta, GA