Just returned from my first trip on the 1500. Our 15th anniversary was this month, so I surprised my wife with a 4 day/1200 mile trip to the Parkway. We had done from Asheville to Cherokee in my truck before, but this was the first time on 2 wheels. Great trip! We always got up and on the road at sunrise, and it seemed that we almost had the road to ourselves for a few hours. Took plenty of time to stop at all the vistas we wanted and just enjoy it. Scenery was awesome in the morning with the "sea" of fog below us. Saw a LOT of wings and HD's, only a few sport bikes. Seemed bikes outnumbered cars as well. Only trouble came in the form of us rounding a blind left hand bend only to see a Jeep Wrangler in our lane driving with his left wheels off the road. There were 4 bicycles riding single file on his side white line and he way over compensated. Got on the binders and he had plenty of time to get out of the way. Anyway, she loved the trip as well. Probably helped that I took wine, and stopped and bought more at the Biltmore for the rest of the trip. Got to pre-planned hotels early enough to get dinner then relax in the pool/hot tub and have a few glasses then still get a good nights sleep. Will try to post a few pics, she snapped almost 100 from the back seat.
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Thanks for taking us along! 
At time it felt as though we had it to ourselves. Good idea on the avatar, I'll try to figure that out. Anyone who hasn't done this road but is wanting to, definately try to go from north to south, unless you're including skyline drive in VA. The best portion is from around 1-1.5 hours north of Asheville to Cherokee. The rest is good too, but seemed almost anti-climactic seeing the southern end first. Y'all gonna laugh, but with this being our first bike trip, I didn't know what to expect. Only had the trunk for our clothing, left saddlebag was full with her purse and toiletry bag, wine and glasses, and I had a 2 gallon and 1 gallon gas can filling the right side just in case. Was not needed, btw.
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As the park way is close to us in Cayce SC , I have rode it many times at speed, however if you take your time and do a little walking and planning it is one of the very best vacations and one to remember. My wife and I did it in five days end to end , stopping a neat little motels along the way and just seeing all we missed at speed was awsome !
My daughter and I did part of the parkway two weeks ago, we went up to Boone to see App State college, took the wing. We rode over 100 miles of the parkway Monday afternoon and passed only two cars. That was ALL the traffic that we saw on the parkway. I know what you mean when you feel that you own it
The pictures are great, as you can see we all enjoy them.
Sounds like a great trip for you two.
The pictures are great, as you can see we all enjoy them.
Sounds like a great trip for you two.
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We are going to ride the Dragon's Tail in Deal's Gap, then ride the Blue Ridge Parkway from hwy 441 to Roanoke Virginia from 9-24 to 9-30. We went by car a long time ago, but this is going to be a lot better. I'll post some photos when we get back.
Ride safe!!
We are going to ride the Dragon's Tail in Deal's Gap, then ride the Blue Ridge Parkway from hwy 441 to Roanoke Virginia from 9-24 to 9-30. We went by car a long time ago, but this is going to be a lot better. I'll post some photos when we get back.
Ride safe!!
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