It\u2019s not rain this morning but heavy mist. Still gotta put your wet suit on to ride though. On the up side \u2013 probably won\u2019t be getting sun burned\u2026. Time to get started.<\/p>\n

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Making me glad that I decided against tent camping last night.<\/p><\/div>\n

What a great day on the bike.\u00a0 Yea, I had to start in my wet suit but that only lasted until the first gas stop.\u00a0 Sure is nice having a good GPS.\u00a0 I just put in the address I want to go to, tell it to avoid highways & sit back and enjoy the ride.\u00a0 Of course there are times that I think I could have picked a better route on my own (especially when I\u2019m going through down town somewhere) but overall \u2013 I\u2019m sure glad to have it.<\/p>\n

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Most of the roads today looked like this – gentle curves and solitude.<\/p><\/div>\n

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The Rock – the grim reaper watches over her. Won’t be long, it’ll be gone…..<\/p><\/div>\n

Then I saw that I could make a slight detour and go to Darlington \u2013 The Lady in Black. No question, that\u2019s where I went.\u00a0 I even paid my $5 and went through the stock car museum there.\u00a0 Probably worth $5 but that\u2019s about it.\u00a0 They do have the wrecked car that Darrell Waltrip took this wild ride in back in 1991<\/a> (worth the couple minutes it takes to watch).\u00a0 I always liked this track, first because for a while Dale Earnhardt pretty much had it figured out & secondly because of its history.\u00a0 The fastest racing line at Darlington is right up against the wall.\u00a0 You’re not really trying if the right side of your car hasn’t been flattened by the wall.\u00a0 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 \u201cmodification\u201d – The Darlington Stripe<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The Lady in Black – also – The Track Too Tough to Tame<\/p><\/div>\n

Right now I\u2019m kicking back in Columbia, SC \u2013 very close to the college.\u00a0 That means that all the drivers around here drive like you did when you were that age.\u00a0 Not much patience or understanding for an old man on a bike, hauling a trailer.\u00a0 Tomorrow \u2013 Atlanta, GA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"