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Ride Report Summary:
Date Location Weather condition
- 9/18/11 BRP VA Cold, clear day
- 9/19/11 BRP VA/NC Cold, foggy, light rain
- 9/20/11 GSMNP TN Cool, foggy, sunny, light rain
- 9/21/11 SKYWAY TN Cool, foggy, sunny, light rain
- 9/22/11 NC/TN/VA Cool, foggy, sunny, light/heavy rain on VA I 81 on the way home
Highlight of this trip.
- Blue Ridge Parkway VA/NC/TN
- Mt Mitchell State Park NC
- Great Smoky Mountain Nat Park TN, lots of tourist/traffic, we had to take the 2mile gravel/dirt road/creek
- Deals Gap US 129 tail of the dragon(11miles 318 curves) NC/TN
- Foothills Parkway tn US 143/Cherohala Skyway US 165 TN(FRESH BLACKTOP)
- LEO Performance award - 0
- Deer strike - 0
- Dropped helmet - 0
- Dropped bike - 1(the blue FJR)...full tank this beast is top-heavy, my t*#ticles hurts picking it up!
- Saddle bag collision - 1(silver-sorry i hit your bike...blue-its ok, i hit yours last yr..now were even)
- Got lost - 2 times
, once at Foothills Parkway NC, once on the
way home somewhere in Baltimore/Bel Air MD Rt1 south
- Total GPS miles - 1,888 miles
- Highest elevation - 6,208 Ft somewhere in BRP NC
- Back home 9/22/11 6:30pm
jdgw_wannabe
IBA # 38829
RIDE PICS
https://picasaweb.google.com/goddard221/RIDETONCTNSEPT18222011
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Mt Mitchell NC
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Killboy Dragon slayer shots.
http://www.129pix.net/jps/store.jsp?act=showgroup&clid=3001&gid=2606&eid=242&page=8
http://www.129pix.net/jps/store.jsp...16582537381&clid=3001&gid=2606&eid=242&page=9
http://www.129pix.net/jps/store.jsp...16568999505&clid=3001&gid=2606&eid=242&page=8
http://www.129pix.net/jps/store.jsp...16582534885&clid=3001&gid=2606&eid=242&page=9
http://www.129pix.net/jps/store.jsp...16569001673&clid=3001&gid=2606&eid=242&page=8
http://www.129pix.net/jps/store.jsp...16582539815&clid=3001&gid=2606&eid=242&page=9
Location MAP
http://www.tailofthedragon.com/maps_dragon_road.html
http://www.tailofthedragon.com/maps/poster2007.pdf
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MOONSHINE HOLLER BLUE-GRASS BAND, GATLINBURG TN
Date Location Weather condition
- 9/18/11 BRP VA Cold, clear day
- 9/19/11 BRP VA/NC Cold, foggy, light rain
- 9/20/11 GSMNP TN Cool, foggy, sunny, light rain
- 9/21/11 SKYWAY TN Cool, foggy, sunny, light rain
- 9/22/11 NC/TN/VA Cool, foggy, sunny, light/heavy rain on VA I 81 on the way home
Highlight of this trip.
- Blue Ridge Parkway VA/NC/TN
- Mt Mitchell State Park NC
- Great Smoky Mountain Nat Park TN, lots of tourist/traffic, we had to take the 2mile gravel/dirt road/creek
- Deals Gap US 129 tail of the dragon(11miles 318 curves) NC/TN
- Foothills Parkway tn US 143/Cherohala Skyway US 165 TN(FRESH BLACKTOP)
- LEO Performance award - 0
- Deer strike - 0
- Dropped helmet - 0
- Dropped bike - 1(the blue FJR)...full tank this beast is top-heavy, my t*#ticles hurts picking it up!
- Saddle bag collision - 1(silver-sorry i hit your bike...blue-its ok, i hit yours last yr..now were even)
- Got lost - 2 times
way home somewhere in Baltimore/Bel Air MD Rt1 south
- Total GPS miles - 1,888 miles
- Highest elevation - 6,208 Ft somewhere in BRP NC
- Back home 9/22/11 6:30pm
jdgw_wannabe
IBA # 38829
RIDE PICS
https://picasaweb.google.com/goddard221/RIDETONCTNSEPT18222011
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________
Mt Mitchell NC
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________
Killboy Dragon slayer shots.
http://www.129pix.net/jps/store.jsp?act=showgroup&clid=3001&gid=2606&eid=242&page=8
http://www.129pix.net/jps/store.jsp...16582537381&clid=3001&gid=2606&eid=242&page=9
http://www.129pix.net/jps/store.jsp...16568999505&clid=3001&gid=2606&eid=242&page=8
http://www.129pix.net/jps/store.jsp...16582534885&clid=3001&gid=2606&eid=242&page=9
http://www.129pix.net/jps/store.jsp...16569001673&clid=3001&gid=2606&eid=242&page=8
http://www.129pix.net/jps/store.jsp...16582539815&clid=3001&gid=2606&eid=242&page=9
Location MAP
http://www.tailofthedragon.com/maps_dragon_road.html
http://www.tailofthedragon.com/maps/poster2007.pdf
________________________________________________________________________________________________________
MOONSHINE HOLLER BLUE-GRASS BAND, GATLINBURG TN