Day 9

 We woke up this morning to wet roads but dry skies at least until we got underway then light rain off and on for most of the morning. Last night Pat, from the K1600 forum and Huron South Dakota showed up to ride with us for a few days. We stopped for lunch at 10:30 and afterwards it was dry and the skies became partly cloudy for the rest of the day. 

We rode another ferry across the Mississippi River  

We are staying in Mountain View, Arkansas for 2 nights. Tomorrow we will ride around here in the Ozark hills. 

Another forum member from Missouri rolled into the motel tonight and will also ride with us for 2 days  

Day 8

 This is a Sunday and time to hit the road West. We got on the road a little before 7:00 with dry conditions. Stopped in Tellico Plains for gas and breakfast. As we looked the bikes over we noticed Damian’s front tire looked pretty worn so Andy and I started brainstorming on what to do about. The final plan was to detour and go to a Cycle Gear shop near Nashville. We arrived and I removed the wheel, in the parking lot, and Damian took it in and had a new tire mounted and balanced. 

Back on the road to Paris Tennessee for the night. Andy routed us so that wee took a car ferry across a river. We met up with brother Kevin and friend Greg at a friends house near Paris for a short visit. A quick ride to Paris before the rain came and we checked into our motel rooms.  

We had supper next door at a pizza and beer restaurant where we met Pat from Huron, South Dakota, who is a member on our K1600 forum. He will join us for a couple days of riding.