Blue Ridge Parkway Trip Day 3

Day 3 Aug 23 264 miles

Had a great stay at Hunt's Lodge. Off to a late start, my friend needed a mechanic to take a look at his bike before we headed out.

The weather was perfect! We started on the Cherahola Skyway. Abosulutely amazingly beautiful! Heres a pic of us at a water fall on the route.

Next we rode the famous Tail of the Dragon in Tennessee, highway 129, 318 curves in 11 miles! Many have died on this road, and we were very carefull. The sport bikes rode like hell, though, and some sports cars were getting after it, too. We survived and bought T shirts and a patch for my vest.

We saw some pretty cool lakes in the mountains, and this is the damm for one of them, at the end of the dragon.

Next we rode the Foothills Parkway, which was quick, pretty, and fun. Time for lunch.

Then we were going to go through the Smokey Mountain National Park, but a rock slide on Saturday has closed the road over the top indefinately. So, we took a huge detour to get around it and finally made it onto the Blue Ridge Parkway at Cherokee, NC. The Blue Ridge parkway is 480 miles, ends at Waynesboro, VA.

Here is a pic of the BRP road, it winds along and near the the ridge. It got pretty chilly at the higher elevation, had to put on a jacket and full finger gloves. Then ears got cold and swithed to full helmet, too.

Here we are at the highest point of the parkway, traditional photo opportunity.

It was late, about 730, when we finally got to our hotel. This is a shot from out of our room's balcony, can't beat this! We slept with the windows open and it got quite chilly!

We also became aware that there was no WIFI anywhere, and ATT cell phones don't work up there either. So, no posts for a few days. That's why this post is late.