From home, we drove a rental SUV to Nashville, sometimes through rain and sleet, on Easter Sunday expecting to ride from the Avis rental return at the airport to our hotel in the rain.
After returning the car, we changed into our bike cloths in the restroom outside the terminal entrance and stuffed our street clothes into the panniers.
Now on the bike, John guided us out of the airport congestion. With the extra weight from the panniers, John hyperextended his left knee pushing off from a red light and we thought our trip might be over. John took a antiimflamatory, heavily favored that knee, and we continued on. After a few miles, our route led us onto the Music City Bikeway. On the bike path there was a bridge missing and the path was closed. We backtracked and found that there was a new bridge that went across the creek a little further back on the trail. We followed bike paths and bike lanes for most of the 25 miles to our hotel in Bellevue. Near the end, there was a fairly busy road to our hotel, but overall it was a very pleasant ride. And the best part, just a few sprinkles the whole ride.
After checking in, we walked to the Panera Bread in the Bellevue One Center in front of our Home2Suites and had a nice soup and sandwich on the patio. After that, we washed our clothes at the guest laundry so we can start the Natchez Trace tomorrow morning with all clean clothes.
Route ridden (color coded for altitude variation).
Daily miles: 26.1
Total miles: 26.1
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