Another glorious day in Tennessee, the weather looks a bit cloudy but soon clears up. It did take some time to get hold of Lards and Macca as they had a good night out. Looking a bit “fuzzy” Lards was the last to show up. Unfortunately poor J.D. (James David) “Punkin” Porter and his mate George were waiting for us at the BP station near Punkins house.
We set of in three groups, the camera crew going ahead to film meeting Punkin and George, Macca and myself, closely followed by Craig and Lards. Only Macca and myself made it there in one go, based on the directions Craig gave us. The others (including Crackles) managed to get themselves lost AGAIN ;) Note, I did NOT use the GPS (it was still in my bag ;)
Anyway, meeting Punkin and George was nice and we bumped in to some interesting people at the gas station. One guy claimed his grandfather was a local minister of church that got the financing of the Mount Rushmore monument going !!! Nice story and lots of advice on where to go and where not to go!
Once we finally got onto the road it turned out to be an awesome trip, the East Tennessee country side is beautiful with its green rolling hills and curvy roads. A few little detours for the camera (Punkin is a very good guide, so we didn’t get lost once ;) and we kept progressing well.
Temperature wise it was another sweltering hot day but also incredibly beautiful. Crossing the Tennessee river was a beautiful sight, followed by a nice lunch in a small roadside fish restaurant with the largest catfish (meervallen) I have ever seen. They were basking in the sun in a shallow, tiny little pond. They didn’t seem to be to bothered with the size of their dwelling ;)
Once back on the road we continued going northwest and finally had to say goodbye to Punkin and George. While they headed back towards Nashville, we continued riding towards Missouri. Crossing the Mississippi river into Missouri was a beautiful sight.
We’re now in the flat flat flat Missouri fields (almost feels like being in Holland ;) and staying the night in Kennet. Tomorrow we will go into the Ozarks, I’m looking forward to that as it has lots and lots of curves.
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