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Just got back from Ga/NC/Tn/SC trip. Left Thursday morning and met a buddy in Bushnell. We rode up to Cartersville, GA via 19/27. Spent the night there at a Ga state Southern Cruisers rally and then headed out the next morning.
Rode the Cherohala Skyway/28/Dragon/Foothills Parkway/Smokey Mountains National Park/Cherokee/Maggie Valley Friday. Spent Friday evening in Maggie Valley.
Got up Saturday morning and it was 55 degrees in Maggie Valley when we left out at 6:00AM. We rode the Blue Ridge Pkwy (had to be in the 40's) just from Maggie Valley to 215 and got off there. About 35 miles of the Blue Ridge, plenty in my book! Tooled down 215 to 176 on into SC. Two really nice roads there I had never ridden.
From there we wound our way south to Strom Thurmond Dam in SC, a very nice area! Two-lane roads the rest of the way home and got back last night around 7:00. Three days, 1500+ miles and not a terrible amount of rain, until yesterday when we got back into Florida. Got pretty wet around Starke, but we were close enough to home it didn't matter.
HD Rick had wanted me to go with him earlier, but I couldn't get that much time off work. I already had Friday off so I only had to take one additional day when this trip presented itself. Awesome time on some wonderful roads!!
Rode the Cherohala Skyway/28/Dragon/Foothills Parkway/Smokey Mountains National Park/Cherokee/Maggie Valley Friday. Spent Friday evening in Maggie Valley.
Got up Saturday morning and it was 55 degrees in Maggie Valley when we left out at 6:00AM. We rode the Blue Ridge Pkwy (had to be in the 40's) just from Maggie Valley to 215 and got off there. About 35 miles of the Blue Ridge, plenty in my book! Tooled down 215 to 176 on into SC. Two really nice roads there I had never ridden.
From there we wound our way south to Strom Thurmond Dam in SC, a very nice area! Two-lane roads the rest of the way home and got back last night around 7:00. Three days, 1500+ miles and not a terrible amount of rain, until yesterday when we got back into Florida. Got pretty wet around Starke, but we were close enough to home it didn't matter.
HD Rick had wanted me to go with him earlier, but I couldn't get that much time off work. I already had Friday off so I only had to take one additional day when this trip presented itself. Awesome time on some wonderful roads!!
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while up on the BlueRidge Pkwy, and that stuck SofaDog waiting for us. We decided to get off on 215, and what a find! Great road! Glad you liked it too, even if you planned it. ... or not. 2Beers
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Naw... That is another rider from Lakeland!! I rode with him on the Soloman Castle run while you were gone. We were riding in a pack!!
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