What a wonderful time we had in Peachtree City, and what a treat to have Robin along this time around – everybody likes Aunt Bobbi. I try to get back here every year to see my nieces and when I do they do everything they can to clear their schedules to spend some time with their Uncle Lenny. Dinner on the last night is always a blast with 8 kids ranging from 3 to 14 (most are under 8 though) and this year was no exception. Almost everyone wanted to go for a motorcycle ride after dinner. So, that’s what we did – you can check out the pictures here.
Love you guys & see y’all next year.
Today was an absolutely awesome day. The weather was some of the best we’ve had for the whole trip. It started out a little cool but that didn’t last too long – Robin never even put on her jacket. We did have to out run another rain storm though. We weren’t quite so lucky with this one and we got light rain for about 30 minutes so we were a little more than a little wet but we were all dried out by the time we got to the hotel. I think the rain maker was trying to tell us our luck had run out, and sent this cloud to deliver the message- I’ve included my response.
OH – YOU NUMBA ONE
Here are a couple pictures from the road that Robin was able to snap with her iPhone while we were riding. Sure is nice to have a photographer along to document, don’t you agree?
We try to stop fairly often to break up the day – sometimes it’s just a gas station or on the side of the road. This time we got lucky and had a nice view – for a little while, when the bugs started getting thick Robin beat a hasty retreat – there’s a lot of bugs in the south…..
From a Scenic Overlook where we pulled over to stretch our legs
The reason for this leg of our adventure was to ride The Tail of the Dragon at Deal’s Gap. This is a stretch of road that motorcyclists and sports cars from all over come to ride/drive. There are 318 turns in 11 miles and there are many unfortunate enough to be unsuccessful at navigating them (there are LOTS of youtube videos if you wanna go check it out). There’s even a makeshift shrine called the tree of shame at the Deal’s Gap Motorcycle Resort at the end of the road. Bikers hang or otherwise attach their broken motorcycle parts after signing and dating them. We were able to complete the ordeal without having anything to add to the tree. For our trouble I got a T-Shirt, Robin got a hat, and the trailer gets a couple of stickers. We also got our picture taken – there are no fewer than 3 separate photographers on this stretch of road that make their living selling pictures to riders/drivers.
Dragon Slayers – Hwy 129, Deal’s Gap, The Tail of the Dragon – 318 turns in 11 miles.
Translation – Truckers, DO NOT enter the dragon!!
247 miles doesn’t seem like a lot, but when you only travel on state and county roads and spend most of your time in the mountains – it takes all day. We were ready for the day to be over when we rolled into Maryville, TN. Since I didn’t really spend any time looking for a place to camp we just grabbed a hotel room. It’s been a big surprise to me that the KOA’s charge so much for their tent sites. For about the same amount of money you can stay at a Motel 6 or a Super 8. And at the end of a long day on the motorcycle – all you care about is a place to crash. Uh – yea, I probably could have picked a better word there……