June 30 - Dragon And Blue Ridge Parkway - Asheville

Got the shirt to prove it!

Today we rode the Tail of the Dragon Rt 129 on the border of NC and Tenn.

Afterwards we headed up to Cherokee NC and rode for a while on the Blue Ridge Parkway, and stopped in Asheville NC for the evening
The Dragon is the route to the left on the above shot


A sample of what the gps showed on the way back out of the dragon. There is a rock slide on the Tennessee side, so it is not a through route right now.

So you get 318 curves on the way in

318 on the way out

and 1 U turn in the middle

I think that adds up to 637 Curves in 22 Miles


A shot during the ride

At the turn around

A couple of pics from one of the overlooks on the way back out.

At the Deals Gap resort after we rode the Dragon

Just a few bikes in the Parking Lot for a Wednesday Morning

Below are a few pics Doris took on the way to Cherokee

Fog on the water

Folks playing in the river in Cherokee

We saw a lot of these Bear Totems? in Cherokee

The rest are of the Blue Ridge

I didnt really know they had roads and mountains that high in this part of the country

I almost screwed up at this pump

Back home the Gas Pumps are Black and the Diesel is the Green Handle...this one was backwards.

And before you beat me up for buying BP gas...I had been on my warning light blinking for quite a while, and we both could hear the banjo's playing.

I have been trying to avoid the BP stations on this trip, in support of the gulf state folks.

There were a lot of great roads today, and we enjoyed all of it.

Were well over 3000 miles so far.

J&D