Watch timberlandhe will borrow your bike and never bring it back. He has put 1000 miles on mine since I seen it last
Timberland your going back? Them Mountains eat up Yankees and they never leave. It is a requirement you eat Mexican food w/ salsa and drink a cold Budweiser for me while you are there! No Excuses. Better listen I'll be back in a few months and will hunt you down and force feed you salsa and a Bud.

Not to steal the thread.

I have said it before and say it again. Apple Valley rd early in the morning to the 4 lane make a right go a couple miles till it turns back FROM 2 A 2 LANE into a 4 lane then at the top of the hill, Left on the Parkway. Follow it till the end make a left, Follow that to the end. Turn repeat UNTIL DARK My FAVORITE ROAD IN THE WORLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

LOL...1Harleyrdr...I built that cabin and just can't stay away, been practicing the "ya'alls" so they keep letting me back in the state ...Sure wished you were home to go, more so wished you were home to be with your family. 5 of my Harley friends andmeare going down for a long weekend, riding and for the 55/56/57 show. Next planned trips, August Bristol Race, Sept shades of the past car show, Oct to watch the leaves fall with the wife....I will make it a point when you get home to get together to ride and share a lot of laughs. Be safe 1Harleyrdr.

 

CADES COVE IS BEST FROM A CAR. WE WERE THERE THIS WEEK AND IF YOU LIKE ROUGH ROADS AND STOP AND GO AT 3 MPH YOU WILL LIKE IT THE 11 MILE LOOP TOOK OVER AN HOUR DRIVE TIME AND WORE ME OUT!

 

Well back from Tennessee, it was a great trip with several challenges to make it interesting. We traveled a total of 2090.6 miles through 7 states in 7 days with no major problems. Pigeon Forge is a great place, but more family oriented then we were looking for. So if you’re looking for a place to take the kids this is it. The next time we do this trip I think we’ll stay in Gatlinburg. The mountains were beautiful, but the weather did not cooperate very well. We were only staying in the area for 3 days, so on day two with no better forecast then 60% rain, we donned our gear and decided we were here and so we were going to ride the dragon no matter what.[sm=yikesomg.gif] We started out with cloudy skies and a bit of a drizzle, and were lucky enough to finish under the same conditions. I know I’ve heard a lot of stories about 129 the dragon, the truth is the driver doesn’t see much but the passenger see’s a bunch if they trust the driver. Anyway I’m really glad we made the ride and the pictures my wife took from the back of the bike really amazed me, well because I didn’t see it during the ride. So I get to say I rode the dragon, on a cool rainy day and didn’t crash once! No I know what you’re thinking I didn’t crash more then once either. I would say well worth it, not for the bragging rights but because it’s fun with a big F. At 53 years old I’m always looking for something new, something interesting and something fun. This was all of that Thanks for the information, and the tips from all the forum members but unfortunately this trip was very limited by the weather but of course there’s always next year.
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+1 Floyd's place is a must!

 

As others have mentioned 441 between Cherokee & Gatlinburg is a good ride although rv's are plentiful at times. Little River Road in the Smoky Mountain Park is a good ride as is the Foothills Parkway. The Blueridge Parkway is a good choice too.[sm=biker2.gif]

 

I took the Natchez trace from Natchez north to Nashville - nice ride but going that far at 50 mph; got very very old after a while. I had a great time in E. TN and NC. The dragon was less of a challenge than I expected but its full of rice rockets and kids in cagers trying to make it to the top in record speed. I enjoyed the Cherohala and had a great ride on the Blue Ridge Parkway. I'm planning another trip in the fall and will spend more time in NC this trip. A three day trip is far too short and way too many miles per day for my liking.

Travel safe and try to avoid the dragon on the weekend.

 

We just returned yesterday from our (car) vacation to Pigeon Forge via Memphis and I got a Harley leather jacket I liked off the clearance rack from Smokey Mountain Harley Davidson in Maryville, TN.

Nice store with a good selection of merchandise and friendly staff but was not real impressed with the stores in Pigeon Forge (we went in there the first time about 8:40 PM and was greeted with a "you only have 20 min. then we close" type thing, or the Gatlinburg store where there is NO parking and NO choice of stuff. Anyway, I got what I wanted in Maryville. Wife got her jacket from Bost or Boost or something like that, I forget, H-D in Nashville off the clearance rack as well, nice store also BTW.

Tom