Murfreesboro
September 18th
Wow! Today was a crazy day. About an hour or so after departing Cherokee the rain let loose! It was heavy rain until the very end. We even had the rare combination of rain and fog at the same time which made it real interesting. My waterproof boot was full, my rain suit let the deluge in soaking my shirt. I mean it was heavy. Below is a closed gas station where the riders sheltered out of the rain hoping it would decrease in intensity. It did not. Lucille made it through the entire day not missing a beat.
Our hosted stop for the day was Bumpus Harley Davidson. I don’t know the exact number, but we might have had half of the riders cross the finish line that day. Funny enough once I got into Murfreesboro the rain decided to stop. I don’t know the exact details, but the remaining riders were brought to the hotels by the sweep trucks and their support teams.
Zeke Smith my driver from 2018 showed up to make sure Dorsey was taking care of the White Whale. I think he gave him an A. During the day I lost one of the two pedals that you use to start the bike. Zeke assisted in trying to come up with a field replacement. He found a bicycle pedal that might work but the original pedal crank was cross threaded at some time making it hard to screw in the replacement. So that is a task for tomorrow which is our rest day.
Carnage for today. Rider 112 Dennis Peterson was involved in an accident totaling his Harley Davidson JD. There could be other victims, but information is spotty at this time since all the riders did not show up at the hosted stop. That’s usually when we hear what happened during the day.
