Adventures and Such

  Alright, alright, alright! It's been a while since I've written anything but holy crap, this weekend has been so incredible that I felt compelled to share it with everyone.  Melissa (the wife) and I packed up and headed east to beautiful Reliance, TN, nestled in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains and right on the Hiwassee River, for the Tennessee Gravel Fall Invitational . This is for anyone who completed one of their three different incredible, and extremely challenging, ITT (Independent Time Trial) routes before June 30th. Check out the link above for more information, they are doing great things.  The route was to be an undisclosed 85 mile mountainous journey with 9,000' of elevation gain, given out on paper cue sheets at the 6:45 a.m. riders meeting just prior to the 7:00 a.m. start on Saturday November 6th. This meant no GPX files and no GPS units used to follow the route; it was going to be old school and I was pumped about it! However, the forecast called fo