I'm home, and with about 75 minutes of video footage. With an afternoon on my hands, I spent time with iMovie and posted a VLOG to YouTube. You can waste 12 minutes of your life, er, watch it, at My YouTube Channel. Don't worry - I won't pester you to subscribe or ask you to "smash" the like button.

This was a "getaway" tour for me - not a destination tour, or one of the big tours, like the Pacific coast, the C&O/GAP, Erie Canal, Trans-Am, etc. And as I mentioned before, I'm probably the first person to ride this route and will likely be the last. Yet, for me, it was a good time to get my head out of work, get on my saddle, and just explore my backyard for a few days. Some of my highlights:

1. Four days of no rain. On every other tour (especially my last tour with the TWO nor-easters hitting within a week of one another) I've had a day or two of rain, sometimes more. And than day normally occurs early in the tour. This trip? Nada. And it was a pleasure
2. I booked two campsites, and left a voice mail at a church about a third. I will say my favorite was the Floyd County Lock & Dam campsite outside of Rome. Really nice location, and very quiet and peaceful
3. I think my favorite day was day 2 - riding through Adairsville, Rome, and then to the campsite mentioned in #2, above. Unexpected sights, and a good taste of rural Georgia. I also enjoyed just hanging out at the campsite and watching the sun go down.
4. My kit worked very well. I made the decision to travel without a campstove and subsist on tortillas and peanut butter and Clif bars, and then supplement that with store bought food. For this short tour, I had about 20-21 pounds of gear. While places to get food were not right next to the campsite, I was able to get food a few hours before and then take it with me. Which ultimately led to the dilemma on when to eat my dinner in Day #2's entry, What is the proper etiquette for when to eat my dinner sandwich

I think that's about it. If you hung in here this long, I congratulate you. It was an interesting experience keeping up with the journal using only an iPhone and a GoPro to record video. Again, if VLOGs are your thing head over to My YouTube Channel and check it out.