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#461
04-26-2009, 08:03 AM
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#462
04-26-2009, 08:07 AM
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Rain, whats that, it does not rain on me, just everything else. Hell as long as its not snowing too hard I dont care, I am going to ride. Getting Cranked, can ya tell? My schedule below
Thurday - Ride to Sanford get on train
Friday - Get off train, lunch at 5 Guys Hamburgers with some buds at Corp HQ in Fairfax, they wil be in Suits I will be in biker clothes hehe. Will let them buy.
Friday - Ride Skyline drive into Blue Ridge Pkway,
Saturday - Finish Blue Ridge then hit Maggie Valley after a run through the Dragon
Sunday - hope to see some of you all arriving.
Mon - Wed Ride the area with the buds
Thurs - Wake up at 0400 and do a one shot ride home
Thursday night have wife massage my butt hehe
Thurday - Ride to Sanford get on train
Friday - Get off train, lunch at 5 Guys Hamburgers with some buds at Corp HQ in Fairfax, they wil be in Suits I will be in biker clothes hehe. Will let them buy.
Friday - Ride Skyline drive into Blue Ridge Pkway,
Saturday - Finish Blue Ridge then hit Maggie Valley after a run through the Dragon
Sunday - hope to see some of you all arriving.
Mon - Wed Ride the area with the buds
Thurs - Wake up at 0400 and do a one shot ride home
Thursday night have wife massage my butt hehe
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04-26-2009, 09:34 AM
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04-26-2009, 07:44 PM
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Hey....fair warning everyone.......
I can tell, this is going to be a great time to ride great roads with fun and crazy friends. Practice up the laughin' muscles, cause it's going to be a riot! PB, I can see why you're the No Rules Officer. Hee Hee!
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#466
04-26-2009, 07:49 PM
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Rain, whats that, it does not rain on me, just everything else. Hell as long as its not snowing too hard I dont care, I am going to ride. Getting Cranked, can ya tell? My schedule below
Thurday - Ride to Sanford get on train
Friday - Get off train, lunch at 5 Guys Hamburgers with some buds at Corp HQ in Fairfax, they wil be in Suits I will be in biker clothes hehe. Will let them buy.
Friday - Ride Skyline drive into Blue Ridge Pkway,
Saturday - Finish Blue Ridge then hit Maggie Valley after a run through the Dragon
Sunday - hope to see some of you all arriving.
Mon - Wed Ride the area with the buds
Thurs - Wake up at 0400 and do a one shot ride home
Thursday night have wife massage my butt hehe
Thurday - Ride to Sanford get on train
Friday - Get off train, lunch at 5 Guys Hamburgers with some buds at Corp HQ in Fairfax, they wil be in Suits I will be in biker clothes hehe. Will let them buy.
Friday - Ride Skyline drive into Blue Ridge Pkway,
Saturday - Finish Blue Ridge then hit Maggie Valley after a run through the Dragon
Sunday - hope to see some of you all arriving.
Mon - Wed Ride the area with the buds
Thurs - Wake up at 0400 and do a one shot ride home
Thursday night have wife massage my butt hehe
Rock On.
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04-26-2009, 08:59 PM
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#468
04-27-2009, 08:26 AM
Well, I thought I'd give the gang an update on some things to expect for our Maggie trip. I spent Sunday riding the Highlands, Pisgah, BRP route and checking out the motel in Maggie Valley.
First, the Abbey Inn. The Abbey is an older motel, probably 60's vintage, that I'll call "quaint". The property and rooms are clean and neat and certainly satisfactory for a group of bikers. It's definately not the Iron Horse, but for $45.00 it will work. The rooms all have a coffee maker, small firdge, TV and WiFi. There is a shaded grassy knoll that has picnic tables and BBQ grills for a hang out area. The owners, husband & wife, are very friendly and accommodating. The only real downside I found was that there is no covered place for people to hang in the event of rain. The porch areas outside the rooms are uncovered and each room has 2 plastic outdoor chairs on the porch that can be easily carried to the grassy knoll area. PRAY FOR SUNSHINE
Contrary to conflicting map locations, the Abby Inn is 1.5 miles West of Ghost Town / Cataloochee Ski area which is on the west end of Maggie Valley proper. It is 2.0 miles East of where the Blue Ridge crosses Hwy 19 (Soco Rd).
The roads on the southern ride were in real good shape and made for some great hard and fast twisty runs.
I did encounter 1 detour in the Franklin area due to road construction but there was no traffic problems and easy detour. For those familiar with the area, Soco road is it's usual patchwork of asphalt but it's not too bad and only lasts for a few miles between Maggie and Cherokee.
No riding today, at least till I get some chores done, but I plan on checking out the Dragon/Cherohala route tomorrow.
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First, the Abbey Inn. The Abbey is an older motel, probably 60's vintage, that I'll call "quaint". The property and rooms are clean and neat and certainly satisfactory for a group of bikers. It's definately not the Iron Horse, but for $45.00 it will work. The rooms all have a coffee maker, small firdge, TV and WiFi. There is a shaded grassy knoll that has picnic tables and BBQ grills for a hang out area. The owners, husband & wife, are very friendly and accommodating. The only real downside I found was that there is no covered place for people to hang in the event of rain. The porch areas outside the rooms are uncovered and each room has 2 plastic outdoor chairs on the porch that can be easily carried to the grassy knoll area. PRAY FOR SUNSHINE
Contrary to conflicting map locations, the Abby Inn is 1.5 miles West of Ghost Town / Cataloochee Ski area which is on the west end of Maggie Valley proper. It is 2.0 miles East of where the Blue Ridge crosses Hwy 19 (Soco Rd).
The roads on the southern ride were in real good shape and made for some great hard and fast twisty runs.
I did encounter 1 detour in the Franklin area due to road construction but there was no traffic problems and easy detour. For those familiar with the area, Soco road is it's usual patchwork of asphalt but it's not too bad and only lasts for a few miles between Maggie and Cherokee.
No riding today, at least till I get some chores done, but I plan on checking out the Dragon/Cherohala route tomorrow.
Later
Last edited by cHarley; 04-27-2009 at 08:30 AM.
#469
04-27-2009, 08:35 AM
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Thanks for the update cHarley. I just looked at the Accuweather long range forecast for Sunday, 5/3 through Wed 5/5 and it's calling for rain Sunday through Tuesday in Maggie Valley unfortunately.
http://www.accuweather.com/us/nc/mag...chg=1&metric=0
http://www.accuweather.com/us/nc/mag...chg=1&metric=0
#470
04-27-2009, 08:40 AM
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