Day 4 - Sweet Home Alabama

Rain!

We awoke early and the rain has just started. We are getting quite skilled at "take down". Marc got the packed bags into the fire station and I got the tent down and rolled. Just in time. The skies opened!

We felt so lucky to be sitting in the warm and dry volunteer fire station, making our coffee and breakfast, charging, and waiting for the Visitor Center to open at 9 - which it did - for more coffee and homemade brownies. 

If you are ever in Tennessee, visit Collinwood. It is such a friendly welcoming place. 

We hit the road in the rain. With no picnic stops or bathrooms for shelter we had our morning snack under an over pass, hey it works. 

And we crossed the state line - sweet home Alabama, well the skies are not blue today!

And we made it to Kelley's Cafe for a warm lunch and friendly conversation:

Marc "did you grow up around here"

Friendly other diner "well, (pause) about 4 miles from here"

Marc "wondering if we could get some information on the local roads, we are planning for the detour"

Friendly other diner "I'd love to help ya, but if I said anything, I'd be lyin'"

Crossing the Tennessee River was quite spectacular. Very long freshly paved bridge.

 To Colbert Ferry where we are all alone in the "COC" cyclist only camping. 

Stats for today:

No wildlife notes, likely because I couldn't see much in my rained upon glasses! 

But funny cow story.  We cycled by a field of cows. I love cycling by cows because they are interested. They look you in the eye. I love that. So I said hello to these cows and carried on around a bend, only to discover another cow, clearly out of the fenced area, just grazing the grass on the side of the Trace. He looked at me as if to say "oh ya, I found the hole in the fence and this grass is so good.."