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| John Dripping wet. |
385 miles of this. |
Knoxville hotel |
John at Deals Gap |
Kurt at Deals Gap |
Helmet chasing after a fall. |
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| Dragon Slayers |
(NEW) Kurt's R6 |
(NEW) John's ZX9R |
(NEW) Bryson morning |
Camp Bryson |
(NEW) fog lifts |
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| Entering the Parkway |
(NEW) Johnathan Creek |
Highest point on the Parkway |
A change in altitude |
John at the Devil's Courthouse |
View from the Devil's Court |
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John
and Kurt's 2700 mile, 8 state, 8 day, trip to the Blue
Ridge Parkway, Deals
Gap and Skyline
Drive.
After spending Friday night in St. Louis, we pull out of John's
parent's garage into a driving rain storm...it would be like
that for the next 385 miles!
We make it to Knoxville Saturday night. After four tries we
finally find a hotel with a drier, everything was soaked. And
we thought we were prepared. Even a small trickle of rain coming
over the collar of Kurt's jacket ended up soaking him after
several hours. The jacket it's self kept the rain out because
the Kilimanjaro
had been sprayed heavily with silicone. John's new Tourmaster
did nothing to keep the rain out.
We had to wait till the next afternoon for the storm to clear,
then we could head off to Deals Gap. What a ride that is with
full saddlebags of camping gear. After the Gap we head to Bryson
city and set up camp right on the rivers edge. |
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