Sunny Day Scootin'

 Today dawned bright and sunny with the promise of temperatures in the low 70's.  Oh for joy!  Let's get out and ride the scooters!  All last week we were snowed and iced in stuck at the house.  That freak ice/snow storm hit Tupelo pretty hard and this town is definitely not prepared for snow, lol. 

The next two pictures are after the first ice/snow fall.  We got more than double that amount the next day and it stuck around for a week.  Fortunately we were prepared and had plenty of food and supplies and the power stayed on and the pipes didn't freeze!  We didn't have anywhere to go but our annual Doctor appointment for the yearly physical.  Well, we couldn't go but it didn't matter because the Doctor's office was closed all week along with most of Tupelo!

The last few days has melted most of the snow and ice and the roads were clear.  With the warm temperatures of course we were going to ride somewhere.  We didn't have any particular destination in mind but we both play motorbike tag games and we thought we'd just go for a ride and hope to grab some tags along the way.  With that in mind, Eric mapped out a 50 mile loop route and off we went.

Our first stop was the Love's Truck Stop to grab a red heart or the word Love for my Iron Butt Photo Tag game.  Score!!

Then it was pleasant riding on small country roads, some two lanes, some one lane and some gravel.  Eric really did a great job on routing us on new to us roads that meandered through the area.  We took a stop at the Trace State Park and rode around to check it out.  Quite a nice park.  Here are a few pictures.

We stopped to check out the "cabins" .  I think there are a dozen or so cabins for rent in the park.  All are waterfront with private docks and some are nicer than others, lol.  

So peaceful and beautiful.  

A fun bit of gravel road practice ;-)

Just a random shot of a cute little Honda ADV150 Scooter!

One of Eric's tags was "Something in process".  Go figure, what kind of tag is that?  Well, he first took this photo at our home and was going to call it Snow Melting in Process, hahaha.

But during our ride through the park he spied this guy loading up his fishing boat.  Score!!

A beautiful, scenic one lane road through the park.

Eric had another tag that was a "Water Tank".  Just got lucky while in the Park and snapped this for the win!

I needed a new tag for the Iron Butt Photo Tag game so we took this picture.  New Tag - Your bike with a body of water.  Shouldn't be too difficult for someone to snap this up soon.

Oh, we're such Scooter Rebels!  No Scooters?  What?  Oh, I guess we're okay since they are legally registered and tagged, whew!

After our tour of the Trace State Park, we rode some more little backroads, enjoying the weather and scenery.  I have to admit that on the small backroads we did a LOT of pothole dodging 😆.

Our return toward home was on my favorite road, the Natchez Trace!  Sorry no pics today 😢😞.  But Eric did score another tag!  This was "Birds in Water".  While we were out and about we scoured the ponds and lakes but couldn't find any darn birds in the water.  But, just a couple miles from home is a prime spot for ducks and geese at Ballard Park.  So Eric scored on the Birds in Water tag, yippee!!

And finally Eric needed a new tag, so... "Something starting in Z".

It was a fantastic little escape on a warm, sunny day.  The high temperature was 73 degrees!!!  Yes, after a week of low teens, the 70+ degrees temp was glorious!  We only rode about 50 miles but we took two and a half hours and had a great time.  We discovered new to us roads and had the opportunity to explore the Trace State Park at a time when it was virtually empty.  

Our very fun little Honda ADV150 Scooters ran like clockwork.  They make riding sooooo easy.  U turns, no problem, gravel, no problem.  I'm sure I had a smile plastered on my face the entire time 😁.

I'm hoping we can get back on the Mississippi Blues Trail soon.  Just need a good weather window because we need to go further from home that will probably require an overnight stay.  Stay tuned, it could be any day.  Or, we could get another freak ice/snow storm and be stuck at the house again for a week, hahahahaha (no thanks!).  

As always, thank you for following along on our little adventures.  You know bigger ones are on the horizon!

Cheers,

Cletha & Eric