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Day 14 - Friday, July 11, 2003 Alcoa, TN to Alpharetta, GA 242 miles for the day, 5,868 miles traveled so far. 5:02 in the saddle, 7:00 total time check-out to check-in. Average speed while riding was 48.3 mph. Parks visited this day:
Stamps: Daily Journal: I left at 7:15. The skies were mostly clear. I
went to turn on the GPS, but now even with the bike power it was dead!
Bummed, I made my way down US-129 and headed for Deal's Gap. A little
while later I tried the GPS again and it came on. It did have a column of
pixels out. I must have gotten some water inside of it, because as I would
go around turns, the column of dead pixels would move. The Dragon was a
nice ride in Tennessee. Although the 35 mph speed limit could have been a
bit higher. Pavement was great. You did have to watch out for
organic debris washed onto the road by the storms last night. I only saw
one other motorcyclist this morning. He had stopped to remove a branch
lying in the road. From Kennesaw, I went on city streets to the Chattahoochee River NRA VC at Island Ford near Roswell. I had to go around in circles to find it, there weren't the usual road signs pointing the way. And the street signs were poorly placed, so navigation was tricky. Traffic, even at 1:00 in the afternoon, was really thick in places. After Chattahoochee, I went north to Alpharetta to stay at an uncle's place. I arrived at 2:00, just as some drops of rain were starting to fall. I took the GPS apart and used a blow dryer to dry it out. Map: |
