10-09-2007, 09:19 PM
Hey Guys and Gals.......I had a fantastic 4 day riding run in western NC from last Wednesday to Sunday.
We did a short run on Wednesday to Cherokee for dinner and back to our hotel in Maggie Valley.
Thurs.- we made the trip over to Deal's Gap, home of The Tail of the Dragon. The first run was a nervous one but exciting. The run back down was more relaxed than the first. We made a third run on our over to The Foothills Parkway to make a loop back to Maggie Valley. What a day.
Fri.-we started out later, went into Cherokee for some leather shopping for one of the guys. We then headed towards Fontana Dam intending to go to the Smoky Mtn Rally. Our lead rider missed the turn so we ended up at the Dragon again. We didn't ride it, we went back to the rally. A waste of time. They had 3 vendors set up and expected people to pay $15 to get in and supposedly the start date was on Thursday. We left there and hit the Cherohala Skyway. We rode it to the end. That turned out to be a mistake for the time of day we started. We stopped for gas and the rain started. We waited it out for a bit but once we got down the road the steady rain clicked in. We had rain, it was getting darker as we rode along and even hit some patches of fog. That was NOT a fun ride back.
Sat.- we had one who was ready to head home because he was riding his V-Rod with the stock seat and after having been rear ended while riding his Road King the day before we left home. We did not give in and we rode over towards Ashville by riding the Blue Ridge Parkway and Hwy 441, 74, and picked up 107 out of Sylva. I almost kissed a car that pulled out of a gas station and didn't make sure both lanes were clear. Thank goodness I was able to hit the brakes without locking them up and missed hitting her. She was not concerned in the least that I almost t-boned right into her. Anyway, 107 was a great road to ride into Cashiers. From there we picked up 64 to 276 towards Brevard. We rode through the Pisgah Nat'l Forest and stopped at Looking Glass Falls for a bit before journeying on through the forest. We took 276 back to Maggie Valley to finish off a wonderful 4 days of riding.
If you ever get a chance to ride in the area jump on it and ride away. I had been into some of these areas in a car but a ride on the Nomad is so much sweeter.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v225/suzukigal/dragonride.jpg
We did a short run on Wednesday to Cherokee for dinner and back to our hotel in Maggie Valley.
Thurs.- we made the trip over to Deal's Gap, home of The Tail of the Dragon. The first run was a nervous one but exciting. The run back down was more relaxed than the first. We made a third run on our over to The Foothills Parkway to make a loop back to Maggie Valley. What a day.
Fri.-we started out later, went into Cherokee for some leather shopping for one of the guys. We then headed towards Fontana Dam intending to go to the Smoky Mtn Rally. Our lead rider missed the turn so we ended up at the Dragon again. We didn't ride it, we went back to the rally. A waste of time. They had 3 vendors set up and expected people to pay $15 to get in and supposedly the start date was on Thursday. We left there and hit the Cherohala Skyway. We rode it to the end. That turned out to be a mistake for the time of day we started. We stopped for gas and the rain started. We waited it out for a bit but once we got down the road the steady rain clicked in. We had rain, it was getting darker as we rode along and even hit some patches of fog. That was NOT a fun ride back.
Sat.- we had one who was ready to head home because he was riding his V-Rod with the stock seat and after having been rear ended while riding his Road King the day before we left home. We did not give in and we rode over towards Ashville by riding the Blue Ridge Parkway and Hwy 441, 74, and picked up 107 out of Sylva. I almost kissed a car that pulled out of a gas station and didn't make sure both lanes were clear. Thank goodness I was able to hit the brakes without locking them up and missed hitting her. She was not concerned in the least that I almost t-boned right into her. Anyway, 107 was a great road to ride into Cashiers. From there we picked up 64 to 276 towards Brevard. We rode through the Pisgah Nat'l Forest and stopped at Looking Glass Falls for a bit before journeying on through the forest. We took 276 back to Maggie Valley to finish off a wonderful 4 days of riding.
If you ever get a chance to ride in the area jump on it and ride away. I had been into some of these areas in a car but a ride on the Nomad is so much sweeter.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v225/suzukigal/dragonride.jpg