Tellico Plains...

[Fourvalve]

Well-I can't make it next weekend. But, I had a few days off, so I went down THIS weekend... Cherohala Motorcycle resort is a GREAT place!!! Mark & Renee are very gracious hosts (and Mark's Aprillia is to die for!). They gave me directions to a number of Forest Service roads, which, if I'd kept to their directions, it would have been fine. However... I decided that I wanted a longer ride, so then went straight when I shoulda turned left... And spent the next 3 hours wandering on those roads, some with evil, loose, medium/large gravel that had recently been put down. Didn't dump it, but think crawling along in first gear. For 10 miles or so... The GPS got me back to where I wanted to be. The paved roads in the area are motorcycle heaven!
The cabins are a wonderful thing! Air conditioning on a 92 degree humid day/evening is worth the price.

Ok-I'll come clean... I got the weekends wrong. But had a GREAT time anyway, though I'm going to miss seeing you all, damnit!!!

Mike

[Tige]

Sounds like you found NFSR 77 and 82. Those were being gratted and new gravel put down. Graywolf and I were hitting those around 15-20 MPH. Talk about a workout! Wore me out to no end. Not to mention we didn't have any maps or a GPS.

Seems like everything Graywolf and I do becomes an adventure and an ordeal.

Tige

[msheron]

The NC/TN mountains is heaven for a biker! But be quite, we are trying to keep it a secret.:mrgreen:

[coop74]

Well-I can't make it next weekend. But, I had a few days off, so I went down THIS weekend... Cherohala Motorcycle resort is a GREAT place!!! Mark & Renee are very gracious hosts (and Mark's Aprillia is to die for!). They gave me directions to a number of Forest Service roads, which, if I'd kept to their directions, it would have been fine. However... I decided that I wanted a longer ride, so then went straight when I shoulda turned left... And spent the next 3 hours wandering on those roads, some with evil, loose, medium/large gravel that had recently been put down. Didn't dump it, but think crawling along in first gear. For 10 miles or so... The GPS got me back to where I wanted to be. The paved roads in the area are motorcycle heaven!
The cabins are a wonderful thing! Air conditioning on a 92 degree humid day/evening is worth the price.

Ok-I'll come clean... I got the weekends wrong. But had a GREAT time anyway, though I'm going to miss seeing you all, damnit!!!

Mike

I work with the owner... he told me about you coming down a week early by mistake. He was upset that it happened but hoped you would come again soon.

Coop

[Big B]

Well-I can't make it next weekend. But, I had a few days off, so I went down THIS weekend... Cherohala Motorcycle resort is a GREAT place!!! Mark & Renee are very gracious hosts (and Mark's Aprillia is to die for!). They gave me directions to a number of Forest Service roads, which, if I'd kept to their directions, it would have been fine. However... I decided that I wanted a longer ride, so then went straight when I shoulda turned left... And spent the next 3 hours wandering on those roads, some with evil, loose, medium/large gravel that had recently been put down. Didn't dump it, but think crawling along in first gear. For 10 miles or so... The GPS got me back to where I wanted to be. The paved roads in the area are motorcycle heaven!
The cabins are a wonderful thing! Air conditioning on a 92 degree humid day/evening is worth the price.

Ok-I'll come clean... I got the weekends wrong. But had a GREAT time anyway, though I'm going to miss seeing you all, damnit!!!

Mike

How in the Heck did you scew this up? Glad you had fun though!!!!!;)

[Fourvalve]

How did I screw up the dates? Ummm... Practice? As it turns out, I'm racing this coming weekend anyway.