Tuesday Trip & Pics...

motordavid · #1 09-28-2006, 01:04 PM

This past Tuesday, while most of you were at work, (and actually
were able to pull yourselves away from this Board, and do "work"!),
theCEO and I jumped in the VetteVert and boogied down the road
toward the southwestern tip of NC. From Robbinsville, we carved
the 2 lane blacktops up to and onto, the Cherohala Skyway,playing
tag with a GTO, (great motor; but a butt ugly, indistinquishable car),
and a KTM and Beamer 1200 RS. (Both guys from JAX,FL!?)

The Cherohala Skyway may be better than the BlueRidgeParkway, as it's "higher", smoother
and even less travelled.

Then, we motored off the Skyway into the Joyce Kilmer Memorial
Forest: the largest, and one of the last, stands of virgin uncut
hardwood forest in the east. There is an easy couple mile loop
through the forest and it was absolfookinlutley beautiful: a dark
forest with high canopy of the largest trees in the east: virgin hemlock,
oaks, beech, and the monster tulip poplars. 13,000 acres of "how it
must of looked before anyone was here".

Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest

Then, we drove hard and fast over the rest of the Skyway to Tellico
Plains,TN and cruised back east over the mtns on the Tail of the Dragon, through Deal's Gap. It is, imo, a hugely overrated 11 miles, that we have
run a dozensish times, but it was a destination for some late lunch. The roads leading "to" the Gap, eg Rt 129 and then Rt 28 leading away east
back toward Bryson City, are the real deal: no/few cops, well paved, on camber turns, that one can execute as fast as one's nerves and stability control allows for!

A nice 200 mile loop, blew the carbon out,

, got the brakes hot and
took some nice snaps.

It's a very good life, if one doesn't weaken...thanks for reading and
looking. More pics in 2nd post batch, I think, due to space limitations.
BR,mD

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motordavid · #2 09-28-2006, 01:07 PM

Thanks for Looking!

BR,mD

alexz · #3 09-28-2006, 01:18 PM

how many miles did you put over this trip?

Michelle · #4 09-28-2006, 01:19 PM

Very nice pics, MD! Those trees are fookin huge!

JV · #5 09-28-2006, 02:04 PM

Looks like a fookin blast road trip, md. I especially like the pic of you standing in between those two trees...kinda looks like a vagina to me though

PersonaNonGrata · #6 09-28-2006, 02:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JV

Looks like a fookin blast road trip, md. I especially like the pic of you standing in between those two trees...kinda looks like a vagina to me though

I get the feeling that just about anything could look like a vagina to you. :p

Nice pics md. You're living the life, that's for sure.

dr.jay · #7 09-28-2006, 02:14 PM

That BMW bike is sick

JV · #8 09-28-2006, 02:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by PersonaNonGrata

I get the feeling that just about anything could look like a vagina to you. :p

Thanks a lot, pot!

-Kettle

Eric5273 · #9 09-28-2006, 02:18 PM

makes me think I need a vacation...

motordavid · #10 09-28-2006, 03:01 PM

AlexZ: about 200 miles, as we drove around and around; Deal's Gap,
JK Mem Forest, et al, are only ~75-80 miles from us. As the crow flies,
it's even closer, but the 2 lanes wind all around.

JV: Exactly what I thought, and VZ & I were laughing trying to take
that pic.

DrJay: yeah, that 1200 RS is sweet, but the KTM 950 was a monster
too, and it can go about anywhere. The FLA boys didn't know the
road, so they had a hard time keeping up with me, as in we had to
wait at this overlook, for them to catch up, lol!

Every day is Vacay!
Thanks, OlUncMtr

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