Clarksville, TN

November 3, 2007

Today's weather was the kind that bike riders dream about!  At least this one does.  It was cool this morning, ok it was COLD this morning, but it warmed up and became an absolutely perfect fall day.

I grabbed some breakfast in Brentwood and had to go by my office for about an hour.  After that I decided to head for Clarksville, TN and see my mother for a while.  When I left home the thermometer on my VFR said it was 32° at 7:00.  When I left the office at about 9:00 it was up to 44°.  Perfect riding weather assuming you have enough gear to keep you warm.  I have good cold weather gear so I headed up I-24 for Clarksville.  Since that is my original home I rode around town a bit to see if anything had changed much since I was last through there.  The trees were gorgeous around the county courthouse and museum in downtown Clarksville so I stopped for a few photos.

After visiting with my mom for a while I headed back toward Nashville.  It was just way too nice to take the slab back so I headed down Highway 12 through Ashland City and then took Highway 251 (River Road) back to Nashville.  The trees along River Road were really bright and colorful so I stopped at Sam's Creek to take a couple of photos.  Unfortunately at that particular place the only color was yellow so the pictures don't really reflect how pretty the ride along the Cumberland River actually was.

A great day for riding!  Check out that cloudless blue sky in the photos below.  It's supposed to be like this for the next few days so I'll probably head down the Natchez Trace Parkway a bit tomorrow to see how the trees look.