Day 15: Dover, TN

houston, we have hard dock. wounded duck has flown into the pond of border town dover, tn. to save a little scratch, duck has blown past the route by a few miles to find sanctuary at the sunset inn - a classic. according to inn keeper frank, the place on the hill was erected in the early sixties and aside from the spectacular teal carpeting and slip proof stick-ums shaped like happy little gold fish in the tub, my little domicile for the night has a shower head that pre-dates inferior low flow modern day types by at least 22 years. wounded duck flew in to get hosed off and the elephant nozzle just about sent me through the wall... after constructing a way to chain myself, the 1000 gallons per hour (gph) was absolutely spectacular. sunday traffic was also kind for cars were few and far between on the black top today. the hills were many but the legs held up really well amidst another hot pot cooker, over. tomorrow wounded duck will roll into the bluegrass state of kentucky.

will be leaving tennessee tomorrow entering the land between the lakes national recreation area and from what i hear the journey sounds like a good one. tomorrow also marks a deviation from the underground railroad route, turning west to link up with the transamerica route, over. weather is still looking a bit spotty with thunder storms, insatiable heat, potential tornadoes, and occasional flooding here and there but morale is up with hopes that it, the ol' bod, and a little luck, wounded duck will find a way to side step any future roadway catastrophes.

stand by one houston for today's hard count:
mileage: 49
saddle time: 4:19
tennessee hills topped: 14

with a couple of weeks under the belt, the bod, aside suffering the minor concussion from getting blown through the wall by the elephant shower, is feeling pretty tip top. time to grab some grub and hit the rack - wounded duck out, over.