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From: Marion NC / Lake Norman NC / Panama City Fla
My whim trip
So the weekend of the 19th my wife announced that she was going to Charlotte for a few days to help her daughter move into the newish house. I then decided I might go on a nice motorcycle cruise. The weather looks great.
I call a long time old riding buddy that now lives in Jackson Miss. He said he was free the days I want to see him.
So I pack up the bike and head his way last Thursday afternoon from Mars Hill NC and later that evening in Gadsden Al.
The next day I made it to his house in Jackson. We hung out for the weekend and road many miles on the Natches Trace Parkway.
To make a long story longer we had a friend who picked up our mail at our Florida house in Panama City. In the mail was a current water bill that said we had to use a very unusual amount of water even though we haven’t been to the house in over a month. So I thought I had a leak somewhere so instead of going home I decide I’m gonna ride on to Panama City and see what’s going on. It turns out there was human error involved in reading our water meter, which is a good thing.
Because I’m the worlds worst picture taker I didn’t start documenting this trip till after I left Jackson Mississippi. So here I am 1200 miles later sitting at my Florida home.
So now I have a good friend here in PC that wants to follow me back to Mars Hill and ride around there next week.
I will post pictures and mileage reports as we travel here.
Last edited by FatboysFatboy96; Sep 29, 2021 at 09:35 PM.
From: Marion NC / Lake Norman NC / Panama City Fla
I turned on the trip recorder about 50 miles south of Jackson and took these pics when I pulled up in my driveway in Florida. It was a great day of riding. I reached my destination even though the gps said otherwise.
From: Marion NC / Lake Norman NC / Panama City Fla
Left Panama City yesterday at 6:37 local and arrived in Mars Hill at 5:45 local. It took a little over 9 hrs to cover 530 miles. If it weren’t for stop and go traffic in Atlanta we probably would have done this trip in 8 1/2 hrs.
Stop north of Dothan Tried to get a look at the falls 1810 total for my trip 532 miles door to door
From: Marion NC / Lake Norman NC / Panama City Fla
I forgot to add that we stopped at the Hickory Nut Gap brewery in Mars Hill for a celebration beer before finishing our trip. It’s in an old movie theater.
From: Marion NC / Lake Norman NC / Panama City Fla
Today’s ride was only 130 miles.
We went to Maggie Valley and visited the Wheels Through Time Museum. What a great place! So many cool and historic motorcycles.
We then rode 209 aka The Rattler to Hot Springs. It was busy there with some artsy fartsy festivities going on.
We then took a really cool road, Hickory Nut Creek Rd, back to Mars Hill.
So I’m well over 2000 miles in this whim trip. Life is good
More pictures tomorrow after our ride.
From: Marion NC / Lake Norman NC / Panama City Fla
Today was overcast and rainy, but we hit the road anyway. We covered 105 miles. Went north on 26W to Unicoi Tenn. took 107N to 173N to Roan Tenn.
We took Roan Mountain Rd with the intent to ride to the top of Roan Mt. however the park service closed the road that leads to the top 3 days ago. Bummer. Was looking forward to seeing the overlook again.
So off we went south in N Carolina and rode some really twisted roads, which can be interesting in the rain. We ended up in Burnsville at a brewery called Homestake Brewery and had a beer and snack. The last 20 miles back to Mars Hill were in heavy rain, fun stuff on those tight twisties.
Got home soaking wet but with a smile.
Not many pictures because of the rain.
The top of Roan Mountain where the road was close.
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My whim trip
