bonus pie run ride reports 2014

nice turn out at Lynn's place, we had four ride out together and three more ride in separately.


local wildlife, this critter had a six inch wingspan!


there be Alpine coasters in them there hills!


there are roads and roads and then some more roads in them there hills


they even have twisted sisters!


we even did some leaning




on the return trip we had to make a side trip as Robert had not been to the worlds biggest motorcycle museum.

Had a Great time. You can not run out of roads to explore.
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Base Camp at Kick Stand Lodge

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At Barber Museum I found my Tiger's Great Great Grandfarther


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You can see the similarity

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Lots of Bikes at the museum

I took the northern route, I-30/I-40, and while I-30 wasn't too bad, I-40 sucked. Verily. Lots of construction and lane closures which completely stopped traffic for minutes at a time. I was engine off/kickstand down more than once. It made for a long ride.

Mileage from Colleyville to Bryson City:


I don't particularly care for the sterility of chain hotels and try to find an older, locally owned place when I can.



The motel had a great deck for viewing sunrise and sunset.



I met this group at the Nantahala Outdoor Center. They were on as diverse a bunch of bikes as our group, including a classic Wing riding 2-up:



Best part about riding across the south: