That's Tennessee in the distance, looking north out of Cloudland Canyon. It's on the west side of Lookout Mountain, an impregnable fortress if -- like the Confederate army -- you put artillery on the long ridge, and the two ridges behind it. Armies would break like water on the central rock. The Northern forces were wise enough to wait until they could take Lookout Mountain, and then go around to the east.
I rode up there and hiked yesterday, rode back today. I stopped by my father's house on the way. He had bought a box of .22 for that revolver I mentioned. I brought it home and shot it out of my Ruger Single Six instead. Tonight I'm grilling marinated steak over a charcoal and hickory fire, while drinking a bit of pilsner.
Mountains, motorcycles, guns, and beer. Maybe it gets better than that. Maybe not.
5 comments:
That sounds like a good weekend. Beautiful terrain, too. "Cloudland Canyon." Just the name sounds lovely.
Looks like the riding weather is still pleasant there!
86 degrees today, on the second to last day of October.
High of 79 today on Signal Mountain. It is rather beautiful in the area. Just about perfect hiking weather.
Skia
Heavy rain, high forties, coming in sideways in sporadic bursts....
Reminds me of commercial fishing. Still oddly beautiful in a way.
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