The Road to Nashville

We left Spring Creek about 9:00 this morning under very ominous skies and about 48 degrees. Of course, we bundled up sufficiently. Highway 209 leaves Spring Creek to the northwest, which takes you through some extremely curvy roads and through the Pisgah National Forest before arriving at Hot Springs. Hot Springs used to be a famous resort town about 100 years ago. It had a huge luxury hotel that attracted famous people from all over, but the hotel burned and was not rebuilt. The Hot Springs are still there, however, and you can visit them. We highly recommend this trip on motorcycle or car.

I took my father's picture at the Tennessee state line. I am going to try to take a photo of every single state line sign we pass on this trip, but this will most likely be impossible. Tomorrow will certainly be a challenge, as we'll come into Arkansas when we cross the Mississippi River. I'm sure it will be to difficult to stop along the bridge to take that shot of the sign!

Today we took I-40 from Newport, Tennessee, all the way to Nashville. The weather got much better, and we pulled into our hotel under crystal blue sky. We gained an hour of time, and Dad is already looking forward to using it tonight when he goes to sleep.

285.7 miles today. 485.9 total miles.