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Tuesday, October 4, 2011

postheadericon Cheir Oct-4-11

10:07 PM | Posted by Sharp's Travels

We left the 5th wheel around 10:30am heading for the Tail of the Dragon Highway.  There are 318 curves in an 11 mile stretch of this highway.  It is one of the premiere motorcycle & sports car roads in the country.  This road is not for the weak at heart and can be quite an adventure.  People are killed each year on this road.  In 2009 they reduced the speed once again from 40 mph down to 30mph.  They run radar on this highway.  The Dragon is located on US 129 crossing the Tennessee/North Carolina state line. 

The weather was perfect for bike riding, around 74 degrees.  We stopped at some of the scenic areas for pictures before reaching the start of the Dragon Tail.  The trees are turning a little more.  The reds are starting to show.

I tried to get lots of pictures as we took the curves.  Gay said this time it was more fun than when we road it on the Gold Wing some 20 plus years ago. Traffic wasn’t too bad; for the most part we were traveling by ourselves.

We reached the end of the tail at Deals Gap around 1:30pm and grabbed some lunch at the café and Gay purchased a Dragon Tail T-shirt at their store.

We decided to do the reverse ride back up the Dragon’s Tail road instead of going to Cherokee and up over the mountain.  Gay liked the reverse trip the best.  It was a fun ride.

We checked out a few shops on the way back and even stopped at a farm market.  The pumpkins were huge there.  The big ones were $40-$45.  The mums were beautiful.

We were back home by 5pm and had put on 112 miles today.

Gay has uploaded pictures of the day click on this link https://picasaweb.google.com/sharpstravels then click on album: Tail of the Dragon

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