Day 4 | 77 miles

Another great day. It started out dry, as in not wet from rain that was supposed to come in the early am and didn't. That was great!  

Here are some pics from last nights dinner. 





This early rising is a natural, I woke up st 5:25 today without an alarm, although it probably has a lot to do with the others around me moving around and zipping. 

We had a nice 77 miles today about the same amount of climbing as yesterday except it was backend loaded today. So a lot of the climbing came at the end in the heat. No worries I did fine. 

Here is where I had lunch at 10:45 today. A double hamburger and fries. These 2 worked there and were great. They kept getting text messages from their cousin that needed help with her math homework in college and I was giving them the answered and they were amazed that I could do it so quickly. It was basic algebra. Lol. 




Here is the senior citizen center in the same small town. 


We had to take a ferry across the Tennessee River today. 










Here is me crossing the river again later and turning into our park for the night, Paris Landing. 




Welcome to Paris Landing. 


And downstairs to the lounge for some music before dinner AND A/C!!  That's been the secret the last several days after setting up camp, take showers and head to the A/C. 


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