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Smokey Mountains here I come

Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 3:37 pm
by Sicko
Lord willing, I'll be on the road at the crack of dawn Thursday headed for the Great Smokey Mountains. Gonna make Asheville, NC. the fist day so I can do the Blue Ridge Parkway to Cherokee first thing Friday morning. I plan to meander aimlessly thru the mountains for the next 2 days and then head back home. This will be a solo trip at my pace and I'll stop whenever I damn well please. For me, this is what riding is supposed to be, free as the wind. No clocks, no schedule, nobody to answer to or for.

Later in the summer, August prolly, I'll make a second pilgrimage with a group of about 5 riders. Things will be totally different on this second ride. For them, all that counts is the miles that roll under your wheels. Last year we covered about 2300 miles in 5 days.

Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 1:53 am
by flw
I really don't care to ride with people that are more concerned with some sort of steel butt competition than enjoying the ride as its first priority.

Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 2:09 am
by Sicko
flw wrote:I really don't care to ride with people that are more concerned with some sort of steel butt competition than enjoying the ride as its first priority.
Me neither but one of them works for Holiday Inn and we all get free lodging. Makes for a cheap trip.

Posted: Thu Apr 19, 2007 12:17 am
by Sicko
Time to get in the road. tentatively, I plan to return Sunday but if business remains slow, i may squeeze in another day or 2.

Well, time to Wing my way to god's country. Catch ya'll later. :D