Today's Tracking
DATELINE: Niota, Tennessee (Jessica & Steve's Place)
We're currently visiting our Grandkids Tyler and Katrien. Beautiful country here in TN, and the air is a bit.... humid.
But that's no big deal when you want to try out a Rails-to-Trails route not far away. The Eureka Trail is short but scenic. It's gravel and mostly flat but other than nature there's not much to look at. I found the colorful signs along the trail interesting:
"Eat Less Salt in Your Diet"
"Find Exercise"
"Find a Babbling Brook" (Wasn't babbling, but there was a small trickle)
"Tips for Exercise"
"Eat More Vegetables"
All of which seem a bit off the beaten trail, literally speaking. The only people who can see these signs are already out in the boonies WALKING or riding the trail and are thus most likely already interested in all the above. My thought ws these signs of admonition might be better situated in local doughnut shops, 7-11 stores, bars, etc, where people who really need such signs can ignore them.
Only 6 miles of trail here, and every tenth of each mile has a helpful sign along the trail.
Actually this is much improved from when I rode it 2 years ago, when the trail was mostly large rocky gravel and tough to ride, and overgrown to the point of discomfort with bounteous weeds and tree branches.
This happens to be an area smack in the middle of the upcoming Solar Eclipse. We have already experienced a couple of these in our lifetimes but may linger long enough to see this one too rather than rushing home after 2 months absence.
Grandson Tyler was my guide from here to there and back, me on my Catrike and he on a "normal" upright mountain bike.
Ride Started: 10:55 AM Ride Ended: 2:44 PM
Beginning Battery Voltage: 13.0 Ending Voltage: 13.0 Lowest: 13.0
Beginning Blood Glucose: 120 Ending BG Reading: 57
Lowest Temp 75F Highest Temp: 82F
Stats from the GPS: Total Miles: 10.83
Overall average speed Moving Avg Max Speed
3.7 MPH 6.5 MPH 27.7 MPH
Total Trip time Moving Time Stopped Time
3 hours 45 mins 2 hours 9 mins 1 hour 36 minutes
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