Clarksville TN Soggy day 6

Well the sun Gods have abandoned us and we pretty much rode in the rain most of the day. After a particular hard downpour we stopped for lunch - a couple of other bikers were in MickyD's and we all kind of laughed at each other - but when lunch was over the sun was out and all seemed right with the world again. It was so nice out that when we stopped for gas we even shed some of our foul weather gear. We had only about 8 miles left for the day when mother nature really showed her power........all of a sudden the sky went dark - luckily we pulled over and put the rest of our gear back on and then BAM all hell broke loose....thunder, lightening, wind, hail, yikes for a moment I looked up and expected to see sails....was I back on Alize???? Say it ain't so.......ahhh but I realized we were traveling about 40 miles per hour so EVENTUALLY (what's that song...when the wind turns the minutes to hours) we passed through it and there on the side of the road in the bright sun was our hotel ...an oasis I tell you...how cool is that???? After getting to our room we realized that we were pretty much wet to the bone so I figure it must be time for laundry. Now the laundry is done......we went across the street for a wonderful dinner and are now high and dry in our room with a drink and cable - this life on the road isn't so bad afterall. Tomorrow we will be with the King - Elvis that is - so thank you, thank you very much this is a blast......drying out flame and the king in waiting Big Dog