Saturday, A Ride Report

 Shirley, set 'em up.

I took a ride Saturday, went up the Cherohala Skyway, stopped at the
Joyce Kilmer Woods, and came back across the Tail of the Dragon.

Appalachian Mountains:

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Cherohala Skyway:

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A mile high:

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Kilmer Woods:

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A stream through the forest:

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The poem Joyce Kilmer wrote:

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Someone had gone down on the Skyway, I saw a large group of bikes
stopped near the state line and people tending to an injured person.  I
saw several ambulances and police cars heading to the scene later.

After lunch at the Deals Gap Motorcycle Resort, I headed over the
Dragon, a nice, easy ride.  One cop had some bikes pulled over, and
then, I came up on a couple of bikes doing 20 mph and slowing on the
curves.  One waved me past and I passed the other, as well, then slowing
back down to the 30 mph limit.  Right after the next corner a deputy was
sitting waiting for me, but I wasn't speeding!

There were 4 more cops in various places along the lake at the bottom of
the hill, where the speed limit is a ridiculously low 40.  I was cool,
though, just taking my time.

Right as I got back to the house it started to rain.  As I put the bike
in the garage it rained real hard for about 5 minutes, then quit, as if
to tell me, "I'll  get you next time!"

--
George
AH#139
BS235

 
Thanks you, sir.


All those great roads within a day's ride
of you.  I am jealous.


#34

 On 6/30/2011 8:47 PM, Jim Combs wrote:

Seems like every road around here is a great motorcycle road.  That's
the one thing I like about the area.

--
George
AH#139
BS235

 
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Nice! We need to get that way more often. It's not that far from us.

 

Hmm. I seem to remember that some netscum might wander around aimlessly and
end up around those parts sometime in late July. I might be one of those
folks. I'll be newly-retired, too, and ready to celebrate!

--
EZ Larry
BS #269