Bagels and Bluegrass Bicycle Century Tour
October 16, 2010
The Bagels and Bluegrass Ride across Southwest Tennessee is a bicycle ride featuring Southwest Tennessee’s State Parks and scenic roads. The 100 mile route has a total climb of greater than 2,000 feet. The ride begins with a breakfast of bagels at the staging area located at Jackson State Community College, on the corner of State Highway 412 (Parkway) and US 70 in Jackson, Tennessee. Featured stops include Pinson Mounds State Archaeological Area, the largest Middle Woodland Indian Complex in the Southeast, consisting of at least 15 earthen mounds; and Chickasaw State Park, near Henderson, Tennessee. End the day with dinner at the college.WTARS has provided communication services for this event for many years. It is a challenge to keep track of 100+ bicyclists covering four different routes ... especially when the riders decide to change routes sometimes at will. Nevertheless, it is always fun and is a good practical exercise for our amateur radio operators.
This year, the following operators participated in the communications part of the event:
Chris Wray - KD4MPN
Chris Brazzell - KFRWNB
Gary Griffin - KI4UXO
Mike Winslow - N4GMW (Harley-Davidson Mobile)
Randy & Sharon Bennett - W4RFB
Jimmy Owen - W4JHO
Stephen & Rebecca Vandiver - KJ4TRB
Greg Flannagan - N4GMF
Tom Goodman - AI4DB
Many thanks to these amateur radio operators for their professionalism and proficiency in the art of Ham Radio!
A special thanks to the Boy Scouts of Henderson Troop 25 for their assistance at the Pinson Mounds station. They did an outstanding job of recording rider numbers as they passed through the park.
G. Michael Winslow - N4GMW
