I figured I should get this out before Chris can embellish it too much. There was section of the Blue Ridge Parkway thst was closed for repairs. It was just a few miles, and it looked to be no big deal, because they routed us off the parkway and the detour was very well marked. The road was much "twistier" than anything we had been on, so I was kept prety busy trying to keep the rig on the pavement. I decided to look for a gas station as long as we were off the parkway because there are no gas stations anywhere on the BRP. Of course, there were none on the detour, so I decided to keep going. The road turned to dirt within 50 feet of the end of the detour. I swear they must've paved it just for the detour's purpose. The road immediately necked down to a width of, oh... 12 feet, so I couldn't turn around wihout taking a chance of getting stuck in the sandy ditch on either side. Remember Nag's head from last year?
So I'm chugging further and further into the backwoods trying to get turned around when a dust cloud in my rearview mirror attracts my attention. It was a dump truck. I could see their mouths moving as the gestured to us. Probably something like
"Lookit that license plate. What the bleep are those bleep-bleepin' yankees doing on this road? Therre's nothin' up here 'cept a place where we keep all the stolen dump trucks. Remind me to buy ammunition; I'll be runnin' low after these two. That is a nice bike..."
They chased us for miles. I had no idea that the Electraglide was so good in the dirt. We probably lost an hour, 15 minutes for the detour and 45 due to my foolishness.
We haven't been good about posting pics, and we'll try to make up for it tonight. Our destination is Nashville, TN via the rest of the Blue Ridge Parkway and Chattanooga, TN.
Day 2 miles traveled: 423.
George
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hey guys, it's Charlie out here in southern Oregon enjoying your trip. Since you're averaging 500 miles a day or more, why don't you just extend your trip & come visit ME??? Seriously, though, I can attest to the fact, from 3 cross-country trips in the last 4 years, that the most common sign I saw was the orange diamond stating "Road Work Ahead." Then I moved to southern Oregon, where the ENTIRE area is under construction! Ride on, friends!!!
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