Draggin' on the Dragon

Well, I finally got around to ordering some of the pictures from the Dragon. Here are a few highlights

The both of us:


And these are from Tuesday when I could get out and carve up the turns when traffic was light in the morning:




And here's the final one (I love the yellow line on the road in this one):

Dragon Slaying...

Just returned from my first real vacation in about 2 years, and I'm exhausted. However I'm spending my time posting this rather than sleeping. I'll just start off with the most appropriate photos, the start of the trip. Here's the Jeep with everything loaded. Yes, the trailer did not help with gas mileage on the 1200 mile trip.


Of course no trip is complete without some sort of equipment failure. Here's me attempting to diagnose why the running lights were not working on the trailer. After about 90 minutes of this we decided to just leave and take our chances. At least we had turn signals and brake lights.


Here is the main reason for the trip to this location, the roads. There is nothing like this in Indiana. It seems like everywhere in this area has nonstop curves.








And you always have to be safe on these roads!


Cause you never know what kinda crazy people are behind the wheel...


Here's the folder with a little doodle for the Itenerary and reservation details.


And we did manage to sneak in some photos before riding off to motorcycle Mecca.


Look closer!


When your bike is one year younger than you are, sometimes it needs some good ol' TLC. I did manage to get quite a few comments on the old Hawk, you really don't see to many around.


And of course someone's always out to ruin the fun. (Actually the officer was very courteous and was just trying to make the place a bit safer. I've read there have been 4 deaths on the Dragon so far this year...)


As always there had to be some fun when we were not on the road...




I wonder who's winning at Indian Poker?


Apparently Tennessee is into team spirit!


We also managed to make it out to the Appalachian Trail and hike around 5-6 miles.




And view some of the life out there you don't get to see in our part of the States.




And of course some of the nice scenery.




We also went rafting on both the Ocoee and Nantahala Rivers, however due to the 'damp' conditions the cameras were left in the car. So I needed to pony up the cash to the riverside photographers to get a hold of these, although I think they were worth it:




I should also have some photos of me on the Dragon from the roadside pros. It might be a few days however, I have a lot to clean up tomorrow!