Tail of the Dragon Trip
Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2016 6:26 pm
Got back last Tuesday night from my annual, week-long summer trip. Had a great time. I met up with Franktiregod and he showed me all around Georgia, including a lot of finds off the beaten path!
Stopped first at Fort McCallister, just south of Savannah. That place is awesome! And the story is really cool.
Then went to Frank's place and rode to Deal's Gap to ride the "Tail of the Dragon". We stayed in Robinnsville, which had such an "at-home" feeling that it made me want to live there! Rode the Dragon (which was fun...but not as great as it's hyped up to be, IMO). I enjoyed the Cherohala Pass a lot better but unfortunately that's where all of the wrecks occurred.
Then came back to GA and rode around for a few days before heading to Columbus, GA to visit the Civil War Naval Museum. FREAKIN' WOW!!! Until recently I never really acknowledged the Navy during the Civil War but since recently reading about it I was dying to see an actual ironclad someday. Well, this museum has the ACTUAL USS Jackson!!! It's breathtaking!!!
Then rode home. Absolutely NO rain the entire trip (just like last year!). Since being back in Tampa it's been nothing but raining!
2,135 miles.
Photo op by a "water tower"!!
Up by Deal's Gap.
Entrance to the Dragon.
Just before the first-run of the Dragon.
Came up on this scene. LSS...a group from Florida, the previous day one of their group wrecks, then this red bike owned by the dad takes his son (who's NEVER RIDDEN BEFORE THIS WEEKEND!!!) and passes a car through a twisty, son follows and clips dad's rear tire, dad flies over the guard rail, son get's implanted under guard rail, dad breaks collar bone, son breaks neck. (We saw 2 wrecks that day. Still think the HD wreck was a fatality but can't find any info on it.)
The dam by Deal's Gap where they filmed "The Fugitive" with Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones.
Went to "The Walking Dead" store where they film the series. I just watched the 1st episode. Different, but interesting.
Here's the covered bridge used in the movie, "Lawless" (with Shia LaBueof) about moonshiners in "Alabama". Filmed in Georgia!
Here's what's left of the bridge that was jumped in "Smokey and the Bandit". Apparently a bunch of kids burned it down.
Stopped first at Fort McCallister, just south of Savannah. That place is awesome! And the story is really cool.
Then went to Frank's place and rode to Deal's Gap to ride the "Tail of the Dragon". We stayed in Robinnsville, which had such an "at-home" feeling that it made me want to live there! Rode the Dragon (which was fun...but not as great as it's hyped up to be, IMO). I enjoyed the Cherohala Pass a lot better but unfortunately that's where all of the wrecks occurred.
Then came back to GA and rode around for a few days before heading to Columbus, GA to visit the Civil War Naval Museum. FREAKIN' WOW!!! Until recently I never really acknowledged the Navy during the Civil War but since recently reading about it I was dying to see an actual ironclad someday. Well, this museum has the ACTUAL USS Jackson!!! It's breathtaking!!!
Then rode home. Absolutely NO rain the entire trip (just like last year!). Since being back in Tampa it's been nothing but raining!
2,135 miles.
Photo op by a "water tower"!!
Up by Deal's Gap.
Entrance to the Dragon.
Just before the first-run of the Dragon.
Came up on this scene. LSS...a group from Florida, the previous day one of their group wrecks, then this red bike owned by the dad takes his son (who's NEVER RIDDEN BEFORE THIS WEEKEND!!!) and passes a car through a twisty, son follows and clips dad's rear tire, dad flies over the guard rail, son get's implanted under guard rail, dad breaks collar bone, son breaks neck. (We saw 2 wrecks that day. Still think the HD wreck was a fatality but can't find any info on it.)
The dam by Deal's Gap where they filmed "The Fugitive" with Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones.
Went to "The Walking Dead" store where they film the series. I just watched the 1st episode. Different, but interesting.
Here's the covered bridge used in the movie, "Lawless" (with Shia LaBueof) about moonshiners in "Alabama". Filmed in Georgia!
Here's what's left of the bridge that was jumped in "Smokey and the Bandit". Apparently a bunch of kids burned it down.
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