[jdgw_wannabe]

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
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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

 

[fossil92]

Great format for a ride report jdgw. Good stuff, great pics & videos. Glad you lads had a good time.

Thanks for sharing.

 

[EFINREF]

Oh wow!!! Very timely. I plan on heading to the Gap on thursday. Great Stuff!!! Thanks for posting.

 

[Chopin]

One of the best rides I've never taken on my bike. jdgw: In MILEAGE terms, I live about 150 miles closer to your ride destination area; but in TIME terms, I feel like I'm years away. Funny the places we went too with the kids and luggage pack in the car now take on a feeling of " never been there yet " when seen as a motorcycle ride.

 

[Two Wheel Wing]

Great pics and videos. Always enjoy the BRPW and Skyline Dr. Need to put them back on my "to do" list for the future. Ride safe and thanks for the trip..

 

[RAM 54]

Glad you had a good time.Thanks for the videos, makes me want to go down there again,it's always a good trip.

 

[tfdeputydawg]

Always makes me think of my many rides to the Smokies and the Gap! My favorite place to go. I'm 400 miles North of that area. Have rode the Gap many times-always a joy, along w/many good bike roads in the surrounding area!
Here's a web sight for those interested:
http://www.tailofthedragon.com/

 

[djoyner]

Great pics and videos.

I'm heading down to that area on Tuesday for a few days.

 

[dlg14]

Great pics, went there in the middle of May. 730 miles the first day,650 of it in the rain from Wisconsin, met my brother in Alcoa. The fog on the BRP sure looks similar to what we experienced. Your pictures take me back, thanks.

 

[budoka]

Beam me up Scotty...Scotty, are you listening? Soooo much scenery and so little time. Time to trade my sales gig in for a moto-journalist stint. Lottery tickets maybe? BRP and the Gap are on the list, just a matter of figuring out how to git 'r dun!