Tomorrow morning, a friend and I are headed down the Blue Ridge Parkway to the Horizon’s Unlimited meeting in Robbinsville, NC. It was a great trip last year, and I’m looking forward to the ride again this year. There are some great roads down in that part of the country. Last year I rode all 11 miles and 318 turns of Deal’s Gap. This year, we’re planning on riding the Cherohala Skyway, which twists through the mountain tops for thirty-six miles across the North Carolina-Tennessee border.

The bike has been running well, and John is a great mechanic, so we should be in good shape. It will be five days of riding, but there’s plenty of time to take it slowly and enjoy the ride. It’s 600 miles of gently curving road through the Appalachians with no stop signs. I’m hoping to take a bunch of pictures and post some of them next week. Until then…