TAT 2020

  Our original plans to go back and do the eastern half of the TAT from Charleston, SC to Little Rock, AR this year was abandoned due to the pandemic. With the hope of a vaccine and something approaching normal in 2021, I have started planning for making this trip happen. That being said, it may take a totally different approach than what I’ve been posting recently. A lot has taken place in 2020 and it has made me realize that there are still a few things I would like to accomplish before I am unable to make them happen. I turned 73 in October and although I am still very active with mountain biking and white-water rafting, I can tell that it takes more effort to accomplish the same old tasks and I definitely feel it a few days afterwards. Our original plan for 2020 was to use my 2006 Jeep Wrangler and do support for my son and a few friends while they rode dual-sport motorcycles. This was primarily for my son, Jeff, who joined us on our TAT 2016-18 ride for the Little Rock to Port...

  Jeep Trip on the Arkansas TAT The Trans-America Trail (TAT) runs from the East Coast to the West Coast on unpaved roads and trails and passes through Arkansas from Helena to Summers. It enters the Ozark National Forest west of Damascus then to Devil’s Den then north to Summers. Several of us rode the whole 5,623 miles on dual sport dirt motorcycles in 2016-2018. My son joined us for the second half and now wants to do the eastern half. We had planed on making this happen this past summer but had to delay due to COVID-19. He and a couple other friends will ride dual sports, but I will be providing support in my 2006 Jeep Wrangler with Liz as my co-driver. To give Liz a taste of what driving 150-200 miles a day for 9 days on rough dirt roads will be like, we made a 2-day run from Damascus to Devil’s Den a few days ago. The total TAT miles were around 200 but 50 paved miles to Damascus and another 175 paved miles from Devil’s Den back to North Little Rock for 425 miles total. The ...