sky line drive Alert!!
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RE: sky line drive Alert!!
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"Do not plan on riding this route anytime soon. I just completed the Skyline Drive route on September 8, 2007. The Park Service has graveled 20 miles of the route. It is treacherous at best. The Park Service deserves a black eye for this blunder. Several injuries or deaths caused by the gravel will be their wake up call." - Joe (9/12/07) Can anyoneelse confirm this was headed this way in october
"Do not plan on riding this route anytime soon. I just completed the Skyline Drive route on September 8, 2007. The Park Service has graveled 20 miles of the route. It is treacherous at best. The Park Service deserves a black eye for this blunder. Several injuries or deaths caused by the gravel will be their wake up call." - Joe (9/12/07) Can anyoneelse confirm this was headed this way in october
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Just returned from our trip along the Skyline Drive and Blue Ridge Parkway. Both roads were absolutely excellent and very well maintained. We arrived at the Skyline around 10 am or so on Monday Sept 24th so we didn't experience much traffic at all. Just other cruisers, all very polite of course.
Just as CMS noted, they did in fact sweep up the loose gravel, we actually rode past three tractors with the sweeper front attachments moving in the opposite direction ( they had fortunately already taken care of the southbound side of the road that we were traveling down. )
Anyone traveling there at this point needn't worry about the gravel. They were already painting the center line on the parts of the road they had completed sweeping.
No worries, it's a wonderful ride.
[IMG]local://upfiles/26381/86AEB017155A491FB5EF0B16B222CB66.jpg[/IMG]
Just as CMS noted, they did in fact sweep up the loose gravel, we actually rode past three tractors with the sweeper front attachments moving in the opposite direction ( they had fortunately already taken care of the southbound side of the road that we were traveling down. )
Anyone traveling there at this point needn't worry about the gravel. They were already painting the center line on the parts of the road they had completed sweeping.
No worries, it's a wonderful ride.
[IMG]local://upfiles/26381/86AEB017155A491FB5EF0B16B222CB66.jpg[/IMG]
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