“Keep The Rubber Side Down”

On Saturday, May 10th, our 4,000 mile, 11 state adventure begins under sunny skies and warm temperatures.  Our destination for day one is Ashville, N.C. but first we need to make a little detour.

Five hours later as we arrive on the outskirts  of Knoxville, we head south on the infamous St. Rt. 129, towards the “Tail of the Dragon”.

A beautiful Saturday afternoon on the Dragon is no place for children, this road is packed with old men on Harley’s, and youngsters with nothing but power between their legs.  This riders haven requires constant focus, and exposes real riders from posers.  In fact, a tree at Deals Gap stands as a memorial for those, that  for one reason or another, lost their focus.

My son Jonathan, had an absolute blast! When the ride was complete he was grinning ear to ear, although I thought he needed a change of underwear the first time his pegs dragged the asphalt!  Later, he told me it was the most fun he has ever had on his bike.

Soon it was time to head east towards Ashville, next stop; Myrtle Beach!

Hey all!  Hope the weather is as nice in your area as it is in Springfield.  This is prep week for me as my 11 state tour begins on Saturday.  My oldest son and I, will head out around 6 a.m.  and not look back for some 3200 miles.  Each night I will be posting an update of the days events, I will work hard to not bore you with the details(here we are loading the bike).  The first part of the trip will be around the Blue Ridge Parkway including ”The Snake” and “Tail of the Dragon”.  Then we will move on to “Myrtle Beach Bike Week” where we will spend a couple of days before heading south to other uncharted galaxies.

If you have some ideas about anything you would like me to post, I am open to suggestions.   I have done this before, but thought I would get some feed back. 

And remember I will bring a T-shirt back for each and every one of you!  If you behave, that is! :)