Ride Report Out to the Smokys - Lots of Photos
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06-02-2017 | 05:39 PM
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Ride Report Out to the Smokys - Lots of Photos
Day 1-
Left out in the mid-afternoon. It was a light rain, off and on, as we loaded up. So we're wearing our rain jackets.
The weather was forecast to be intermittent thunderstorms...but as we were leaving the house, you would not know it.
We are not headed far...just a couple hundred miles this afternoon, but what a great day to be riding!
A look back at some of the scattered light rain we rode thru.
Getting close to Alabama, looks like rain ahead...
...still nasty looking but no rain.
Soon after we crossed into Alabama it started raining...
I pulled over and Mary put her rain pants on, and tucked the camera away.
We rode for about an hour in the rain and then stopped at a motel in Killen, AL.
It's raining pretty good....got the TG unloaded and parked out in the rain for a wash.
Day 2 coming soon.
Left out in the mid-afternoon. It was a light rain, off and on, as we loaded up. So we're wearing our rain jackets.
The weather was forecast to be intermittent thunderstorms...but as we were leaving the house, you would not know it.
We are not headed far...just a couple hundred miles this afternoon, but what a great day to be riding!
A look back at some of the scattered light rain we rode thru.
Getting close to Alabama, looks like rain ahead...
...still nasty looking but no rain.
Soon after we crossed into Alabama it started raining...
I pulled over and Mary put her rain pants on, and tucked the camera away.
We rode for about an hour in the rain and then stopped at a motel in Killen, AL.
It's raining pretty good....got the TG unloaded and parked out in the rain for a wash.
Day 2 coming soon.
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Day 2-
It dawned clear and sunny...
...Sweet Home Alabama, where the skies are so blue.
Back on the road, what a great day to be riding!
Lots of rivers and lakes!
We were going to jump on the interstate here, get to Townsend, TN in the Smokys quickly...
...until we saw this. They were at a dead stop, a bunch of them had shut their engines off...
...so we jumped off of there and used the GPS to take some rural roads to get ahead of whatever was causing that traffic jam.
Whatever it was, we jumped back on the interstate about 20 miles up and it was all cleared up.
Day 2 continued in next post.
It dawned clear and sunny...
...Sweet Home Alabama, where the skies are so blue.
Back on the road, what a great day to be riding!
Lots of rivers and lakes!
We were going to jump on the interstate here, get to Townsend, TN in the Smokys quickly...
...until we saw this. They were at a dead stop, a bunch of them had shut their engines off...
...so we jumped off of there and used the GPS to take some rural roads to get ahead of whatever was causing that traffic jam.
Whatever it was, we jumped back on the interstate about 20 miles up and it was all cleared up.
Day 2 continued in next post.
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06-03-2017 | 06:22 PM
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Day 2 continued-
Those of you that have seen any of our previous ride reports know that Mary likes her cloud pics...
...and this was a great day for them!
What a fantastic day for riding, perfect weather, great sights, and little traffic!
We left out of Mississippi yesterday, crossed briefly into Tennessee, spent most of the time yesterday in Alabama. This morning was mostly Alabama, now we're crossing back into Tennessee.
The TG is running great. We're rolling up a hill at just under 80 mph, Throttle is only at 24% and we're averaging 35.2 mpg.
We're crossing into Georgia for just a bit...
...before crossing back into Tennessee. This is our last little bit of interstate before...
...getting on the 411 as we get closer to the Smokys. Here we are passing up the turn off to the 129 (and "The Dragon").
Day 2 concluded in next post.
Those of you that have seen any of our previous ride reports know that Mary likes her cloud pics...
...and this was a great day for them!
What a fantastic day for riding, perfect weather, great sights, and little traffic!
We left out of Mississippi yesterday, crossed briefly into Tennessee, spent most of the time yesterday in Alabama. This morning was mostly Alabama, now we're crossing back into Tennessee.
The TG is running great. We're rolling up a hill at just under 80 mph, Throttle is only at 24% and we're averaging 35.2 mpg.
We're crossing into Georgia for just a bit...
...before crossing back into Tennessee. This is our last little bit of interstate before...
...getting on the 411 as we get closer to the Smokys. Here we are passing up the turn off to the 129 (and "The Dragon").
Day 2 concluded in next post.
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