{"id":193,"date":"2013-04-24T15:28:31","date_gmt":"2013-04-24T15:28:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lennysride.com\/2013\/?p=193"},"modified":"2015-01-01T15:30:09","modified_gmt":"2015-01-01T15:30:09","slug":"day-8-lebanon-tennessee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lennysride.com\/2013\/?p=193","title":{"rendered":"Day 8 &#8211; Lebanon, Tennessee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My goal today was to keep from putting my rain suit on \u2013 and not get too wet in the process.\u00a0 I\u2019ve been told by the locals that rain is coming and I dedicated today to get out in front of it.\u00a0 As you know, I don\u2019t like to do too much time on the slab, but when you\u2019re running \u2013 you gotta RUN.\u00a0 I will tell you, if you\u2019re not comfortable mixing it up with the big rigs \u2013 better not get on Interstate 40 out of Little Rock.\u00a0 Same speed limit for everyone, trailer or not, and in many places \u2013 <a href=\"youtu.be\/-c2OM7HEfrs\" target=\"_blank\">\u201cIt\u2019s a Free For All.\u201d\u00a0<\/a> I was good with it, and played the game for a long time; but by the time I got to Nashville (about 350 miles) I was DONE.\u00a0 I got off I-40 and took the loop around the city.\u00a0 Got back on my old friend since Texas \u2013 US 70 East.\u00a0 It was 55 mph on the loop and US 70 was a surface street for 15 miles but it was a welcome change from the 75 or 80 mph (pulling a trailer) just to stay alive on I-40.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t get far though; stopped in Lebanon and decided to spend the night.\u00a0 Rain tonight so I\u2019m in a hotel room &amp; hope it is gone in the morning.\u00a0 I will ride in the rain but I&#8217;m\u00a0 happy to wait it out if I have the time.\u00a0 The thing I really try to avoid on these camping trips is putting the tent away wet; nothing good comes from that&#8230;..<\/p>\n<p>When I was getting all the stuff off the bike and into the room, a couple of the locals invited me to the bar behind the hotel here so I think I&#8217;ll go check that out.<\/p>\n<p>Okay &#8211; that was a bust; I actually think I was set up.\u00a0 The &#8220;locals&#8221; that invited me and said they would be there &#8211; weren&#8217;t.\u00a0 The people that were there were NOT interested in someone just walking in to THEIR bar and expecting to be included in all the reindeer games &#8211; and that included the bar tender.\u00a0 I had one beer, left $5 on the bar and got the hell out of there before anything got out of hand.\u00a0 What was it that Shakespeare said, &#8220;Discretion is the better part of valor.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_184\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lennysride.com\/2013\/whiskeypapa\/here\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Safety-Strap.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-184\" class=\"size-full wp-image-184\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lennysride.com\/2013\/whiskeypapa\/here\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Safety-Strap.jpg?resize=584%2C389\" alt=\"Hat Keeper - the paper clip attaches to the back on the hat\" width=\"584\" height=\"389\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lennysride.com\/2013\/whiskeypapa\/here\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Safety-Strap.jpg?w=900&amp;ssl=1 900w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lennysride.com\/2013\/whiskeypapa\/here\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Safety-Strap.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lennysride.com\/2013\/whiskeypapa\/here\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/Safety-Strap.jpg?resize=450%2C300&amp;ssl=1 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-184\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hat Keeper &#8211; 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