Franklin, North Carolina to Road Atlanta, and then to Augusta

I keep watching the weather news and they keep threatening rain and snow but again today the weather was quite nice. I rode with Jim again this morning up to a town called Highlands North Carolina which was fantastic, the road followed a very large stream (river) which had several large falls right beside the road. The views off the mountain were also quite beautiful.

The ride down to Road Atlanta was very easy and the traffic moved really well. It was great to actually see Road Atlanta and walk around it, while watching all the AMA races there today. The races were quite good except in the context of this ongoing trip not quite as exciting as usual.

The ride from there to Augusta was a lot more of the same beautiful roads, 51, 316, and 78 for about 150 miles with many homes along the road with the usual architecture of the south. Several of the very old large ones had historic markings indicating they were plantation houses from before the civil war.

Tomorrow is the last day of this segment. It will be the first practice day in preparation for the Masters which starts Thursday, and I will be there….Then back to Atlanta and home…