Today we planned a scenic ride up to Lookout Mountain in Tennessee. We got up at 7am and were backing the bike out of the driveway at 8:30am. The temperature this morning was 50F making it the warmest of our trip to date. Temperatures would steadily climb throughout the day to the mid-70s. Very nice!
We headed east out of Huntsville on US72 into Scottsboro where we jumped onto CR35 into Rainsville.
After crossing I59 we headed south on US11 for a few miles. We then headed east on CR176 which took us into the Little River Canyon National Preserve. We slowly made our way along the canyon rim parkway occasionally getting glimpses of the shear cliff walls. The park road had been recently tar and chipped so 25 mph was as fast as we could comfortably go. The overlooks were all gravelly so Michele tried to get pictures through the trees as we rode by.
We exited the preserve at the northern point and then headed north-west on CR35 for a few miles before turning north onto the Desoto Parkway (CR89). The park had ziplines and a neat spiral staircase up to swinging bridges.
We followed 89 into Georgia until it turned into CR157. We turned north and followed CR157 all the way to Lookout Mountain just inside the Tennessee state line. Michele liked this sign of signs.
We rode past Point Park and then headed down into Chattanooga for lunch.
We shared a sandwich and cookie from Subway and made our way back south following I-24 west and then US72 west into Huntsville. We arrived back at our Airbnb at 3pm. Today’s scenic ride clocked in at 275 miles.
We rested a bit then walked to dinner at Jack Brown’s Beer and Burger Joint. We had the Greg Brady burger, which is mac and cheese and chips on the burger. Good combination of flavors! We thought the disco ball decorations were funny. We ordered their fried oreos for dessert. It is a soft oreo surrounded by a donut covered in powdered sugar. Yum.
After dinner we walked back to the house. As we passed by the owner's house, Yogi and Lucy were out front and barked ferociously at us from behind their invisible fence. Michele was offended that they didn't recognize us given how much attention she gave them yesterday.
Tomorrow we see rockets!
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