> Well, sorta. I rode to the dam and back five times last week, a couple
> times venturing off on Central Pike to poke around. Note: this is not
> recommended unless you're on a "adventure touring" bike like mine or
> something sturdy, and have balls enough to ride in the nasty detritus
> at the side of the road. I mainly grew up here and still don't
> understand "'The Lake People" or even the area for that matter. I
> mean--I went to the Publix out by Mt. Juliet, and Beautiful People
> were buying fresh fresh figs. What the fuck? Donelson/Hermitage/THE
> LAKE is a mystery to me. They have coin shops!
>
> I actually got the gumption to climb the ramp out of the parking lot
> from the dam and cross Bell road today. I don't think I've actually
> seen a full on vista of the lake in ten years. I felt like I was in
> Michigan or somethin! Very pretty. Maybe I'll get a rod and license
> and catch me some heavy metals. Is there anything you really wanna eat
> in that lake anyway? Rode over the dam, left on something Chapel road,
> left on Central, then you take a quick left onto Lebanon and an
> immediate right onto Stones river road to get back to the greenway.
>
> I can't recommend the ride from Two Rivers to the dam enough. It's
> stellar, with the smell of cowshit, the Stones river, and some pretty
> neat engineering. Park over by the skate park, ride to the Cumberland
> greenway bridge to check it out, then back again to the skate park.
> Hang out a while and wear black socks so the little punks think you're
> a narc. Great fun! Then take off for the dam. Just follow the
> greenway, which will merge with some roadway a couple times, and
> peters out on Stones river road at the end before t-boning into
> Lebanon. Take a right, there's plenty of shoulder, then scoot into the
> turn lane, and cross into the Kohls parking lot to pick the trail back
> up. The three mile stretch to the dam is great fun. I like to take the
> gravel alternate path in the big grassy field.
>
> Not sure how far it is from Two Rivers, since I've not ridden my fixed
> gear with the computer on the route yet, but I'm guessing around seven
> miles or so. I did two hard hours today on my heavy duty bike @ a good
> 17mph, so that makes sense.
>
> See ya out there--and a word of warning again about the bridges out by
> the cow pasture, some of the transition lips coming back from the lake
> are 2"+. I've seen a rider ever single day by the side of the greenway
> fixing pinch flats. So take it slow over those bridges about a mile
> and a half after the penal institution.