Saturday 21st.
Up early (for me anyway) 7:00am. We repacked the bikes and rode down the street to the Waffle House. An American Classic breakfast later we were on the road. My friend had now discovered that Burger King was not his friend..Something he would be reminded about for the next couple hours.
We rode hard and only stopped for gas the rest of the way. Loved Kentucky! Everyone there speeds! We had to adjust from us speeding at 80, to being slow at 80..Loved it..Fell in behind some quick drivers and went with the flow.
Just past Knoxville, my freshly updated GPS (Zumo 550) decided to run me around for a bit. Ended up having a nice tour of the area (with me swearing in my helmet). Finally we ended up on our way again and ended up on hwy 129. Loaded with camping gear..hot and angry at the GPS..exhausted from the hours of riding..I thought to myself..This couldnt be THE hwy 129 could it? Hell yeah it not only could, but was! As luck would have it, our first run of the dragon was a busy Saturday afternoon. The Nissan Z club was in town, running corners as fast as they could, we were tired, sore and full of camping gear. It was a nice introduction to the Dragon..But not even close to our toughest run of it! That was a couple days away.
Not being stupid, the Dragon was actually not too bad..Lost of turns but if you keep your head on its lots of fun.
At the end of the Dragon, we turned onto hwy 28 and headed to Fontana Village. Personally, I loved hwy 28. You can get some good speed and the turns are great. Views of the river/lake and mountains are awesome. Even tired, it was fun.
We got to Fontana and booked our camping spot..Little did I know the camp ground is miles away at the foot of the Fontana damn.
We jumped on the bikes and raced to our campsite.
What a relief it was. Setup camp and took a breath..What a view!
Hmm..trying to attach photos but cant..exceeded my quota..
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