The Eastern Loops

This was the original one [the original “loop”], the first. That is the route I run every Sunday morning with some of the extended loops, as I called them, the Eastern Loops. Over in the far right, you see the Havana 100 mile T.T., or time trial. Then later, as I started drawing, I began to expand from that core hundred-mile area, to other runs that we would make. Eventually, all of these connect to form the Tallahassee 600 mile T.T. and then the 750 T.T.

Museum: The accident with the deer was fairly close to home.

JR: I hit the deer right on Meridian Road at the Georgia line. I was coming in from Beachton. We turn at Rocky Hill on Hadley Ferry, go to Gainey Road, go to Lower Hawthorne and then on around. As I crossed the Georgia / Florida Line in 2005, I didn’t hit the deer, I vaporized the deer. Have you ever seen the picture of it?

Museum: No, but it’s probably best that way, thank you for asking.

JR: It’s actually a wonderful photograph because so many people thought it was faked. People thought it was a fake photograph. The deer is in perfect repose, except it looks as if it has been surgically . . .

Museum: … bisected?

JR: Bisected. Because I was running, I won’t use the exact speeds, let’s just say the speedometer had three digits showing. I am very excited because I am still working on these drawings and down here I say that I am still studying for my open road motorcycle finals.