[Big-X]

This weekend my wife and I finally got to ride our bike to the Blue Ridge for the weekend. We rode a total of 335 miles and my ass is tired. We rode up to Lake Lure and then Black Mtn, we had planned on going to the cook out in Greensboro but left our directions and info so we couldn't go. We had to go back to Spindale to find a hotel and we stayed there Saturday night.

Sunday morning we got up and were on the road at 8am and it was COLD! The temp at the bank was 29 degrees, we rode to Marion and finally had to stop and warm up. We rode the Parkway up to Boone and then headed home. This was our longest trip together and we are very tired and sore. Here are a few photos:

On Hwy 9 from Bat Cave to Black Mtn

On the Blue Ridge

Grandfather Mtn area

 

[Retro Rich]

Nice shots Big-X; where's the "cookie duster?" Barely recognized you in those photos, thought someone stole your bike...LOL.

I took the wife on Sunday up through Wilkesboro toward Boone, hit the parkway for a little while and then took 321 back down home. 241 miles total; nice day, but boy it sure got a little chilly early in the day. Lucked out and Grandma agreed to watch the little guy.

 

[Big-X]

Yea, I had to shave it off for a while. I had some dental work done and got braces so I didn't want it getting in the way (and it would have). we were in Boone on 321 around 2 in the afternoon.

 

[Retro Rich]

Man, I was just right behind you by about an hour. Saw a lot of bikes up there on 421, Parkway and 321. Think I've got the wife hooked on riding now; and she's definitely sold on getting another seat after yesterday's ride (he-he-he----there's a method to my madness). Was her first ride outside of a few miles up and down the neighborhood area, and she is sore as hell today.

 

[jbfjr]

Great pics. Those trees are one of the things I miss about Utah. The seasonal changes are nice, just don't like living in the snow hehe.

 

[240 spoke]

Hey RAY DOG nice pics .... Mrs. RAY DOG took some nice ones....Dwight told me you knocked the fuzz off you lip....Like saying good bye to an old friend....

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