life is good

me and jack rode aimlessly around the hills of cheatham county, up and around sweet home rd and various anonymous sidelanes...at one point crawling up this one lane rd up a tight valley, there was a barn with a spraypainted sign saying "mind your own business, NO SPEEDING!!!" in drippy red paint right in a sharp curve. we were definitely watched all the way down this road...crazy vibe, beautiful holler though.

 we eventually made our way to dunbar cave to enjoy the cool air. i could totally imagine hanging out watching roy acuff at the dances there back in the pre-air-conditioning days, fan on a stick in one hand and an rc cola and moonshine in the other. very pleasant cool breezes blowing up out of the grate over the mouth. reminded me of the square dance i went to as a child with my mama & the fambly in the mouth of ruskin cave one time back in the 70's.

we hit the bent wrench roadhouse on the way down off the highland rim, but couldn't house the jukebox because there was a band set up. actually not bad, decent "southern rock", but still...i really like to take over their jukebox when i visit, by far the best jukebox anywhere out in the sticks around there. we then ended up riding along the cumberland river into the cool fisherman/river trash community down in neptune bottoms, very low and slow speed limits posted, but a really cool ride along the river. really neat vibe to the place, seemed like nothing but boat freaks, almost like a lake town. i could see myself living in one those little houses.

jack peeled off in cheatham county and i rode on back into the city to spend my time welcoming sundown, nursing beers and staring off into centennial park. another perfect fall-ish summer day.

 
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