Fulton to Tishomingo, Miss.

Sunday, May 17
Miles Traveled: 38
Average Speed: 12 mph
Elevation Increase: 2,000 feet
Maximum Speed: 33 mph

On Sunday Mike attended church at Fulton Church of Christ. During the men's Sunday school class, he mentioned that he was probably going to have to camp out for the first time that night in Tishomingo. So, one of the men gave him the use of his cabin. Mike got lost looking for it he said, but the area was a beautiful place and once he found it, the cabin had all the comforts of home.








During the Sunday morning worship at Fulton, one of the members he sat next to invited him home for dinner. The Tucker's have two sons, one graduating and headed for the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs and one a Soph. in high school. They are the same age apart as Mike's sons. Mike enjoyed a big family meal, and he left with some extra pork barbecue that he ate at the Tishomingo cabin on Sunday night.



Part of Mike's route follows the Natchez Trace Parkway.



Storms came through Saturday evening that brought in colder temperatures and stronger winds. Mike says that yesterday and today have been his first real battle with wind. He plans to get to Crump, Tennessee, today where a friend of his, Mike Wade, will pick him up for dinner and his overnight stay. the two Mikes used to coach their kids' little league baseball team together. Mike Wade is driving 45 minutes to pick him up, and will bring him back to the official Underground Railroad route tomorrow morning.

Mike's thighs were really sore after pushing himself very hard over the past week. After a couple of light days, his legs are getting back to normal, so he should be fine in the hills of Tennessee. He is going to cut his daily mileage down to about 60 miles a day due to the hills. In addition, a couple of his friends, Kerwin Everson and Bill Peach, will meet him in Waverly, TN, and bike to Dover, TN, along with him.

The total amount of money donated to Mike Smith's Underground Railroad Diversity Scholarship Fund so far is $5.651. Don't forget if you would like to donate, go to biketour.lipscomb.edu and click on "Give Online."