Arkansas Rock City Riders: Southeast Swing: Waynesboro, TN

Waynesboro, TN - Sherwood, AR

301 miles

Last leg of my odyssey through the Southeast. Woke this morning to some serious weather brewing near Little Rock so I knew my good weather luck was finally going to run out! Figured I wouldn't meet the foreboding weather till I was near Memphis so I had time to enjoy one last stop on my journey, the Shiloh National Military Park.

The park is located near Savannah, TN, the self proclaimed catfish capital of the US! The Battle of Shiloh was one of the first major battles in the western theater of the Civil War. The two-day battle, 6-7 April 1862, involved about 65,000 Union and 44,000 Confederate troops. The battle resulted in nearly 24,000 killed, wounded, and missing. The two days of fighting did not end in a decisive tactical victory for either side — the Union held the battlefield but failed to pursue the withdrawing Confederate forces. However, it was a decisive strategic defeat for the Confederate forces that had massed to oppose the Union invasion through Tennessee. A must visit if you're ever in the area!

Following Shiloh, I met the weather, as advertised, east of Memphis....it was a long and chilly three hours of riding in the rain back home to Sherwood!

All in all, I logged almost 3,700 miles over the past 17 days. I am truly blessed to have had the opportunity to take such a journey, spend time with loved ones and see the many wonderful sights that America has to offer!

Thanks for following my adventure....hope you enjoyed the daily updates from the open road. Stay tuned throughout the year for more! Montana, Colorado and Wyoming coming in July!