Tennessee, Kentucky, North Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, Alabama ... in ONE week! I know that's nothing compared to these hard core peeps that decide to do cross country trips on their motorcycles, but for us that have only been owners since February/April, that's something to write home about!
David's master plan worked beautifully; the rain held off last weekend for our VA trip, and we rode ALL weekend; it was so beautiful! Monday, we rode to get some lunch here in town, then hit the Alcoa Hwy to visit IMOK to see their Scout Bobber. Sadly, the bike was already sold, but they did have a Springfield Darkhorse. Meh ... I'm just not a fan of a blacked out bike. In fact, when we were shopping for what I thought was going to be "our" bike vs. David's bike, my only requirement is that it was NOT to be black lol. So the Darkhorse line really doesn't interest or excite me.
Upon leaving IMOK, David found a decent back way to come home, so we did get an hour or 2 of riding time in. Tuesday was "nothing" for me, and Wednesday we took a little trip down 411 to Athens. Athens is a cute little town; there's a road that runs through there that I have GOT to get a picture of some day; it's this crazy huge mansion type house with silos built in to it. Very unique! Fun road through farm land! Didn't seem quite as curvy in full daylight ;)
Thursday was laze at home and watch Netflix day, then Friday we strapped the bikes down nice and tight, then hauled them down to GA where we stayed for a few days with the in-laws. As soon as we pulled in the driveway, we unloaded the bikes, changed our clothes, and jumped on! Destination was a BBQ house in Lithia Springs that has the BEST brunswick stew ever. The in laws jumped on their bikes as well and we caravanned there. Heck, we ended up riding about 130 miles! We didn't really detour, just took every back road we could. Parked them for a few hours, then rode again to dinner.
Saturday morning dawned PERFECT. Kody was able to join us as my lovely SIL
Sunday it was driving back home to the MotherLand; didn't get home until around 9 pm, so no motorcycles then! Today, I put the baby down for his nap, went straight into my room to change, then came to harass the hubs to GO FOR A RIDE! I said I don't care, it's just a beautiful, perfect day and if you don't feel like riding, I'll just hit Foothills to 129. He glared at me out of the corner of his eye, and out we went!
The ride began with a somewhat familiar route that I take every morning to the babysitter's house ... and then he turned down a road I did NOT know. A mere 7 or so miles from home, and the curves were already more in abundance than over the entire weekend, lol! Just proof that the riding is better in the mountains! Khaleesi and I felt smooth as glass and we moved as one entity through the undulations and twists of the back roads. We ended up in the nearby town of Farragut where we wandered through the used movie/book store and made a stop by the CLOSED Costco. We picked our way back towards home using the same, but different back roads, and it was confirmed that David is most certainly my soulmate. We were in the city square of Friendsville, and came up and over this AWESOME stomach in your throat hill. As we braked to a stop at the stop sign, both of us were laughing our heads off. We looked at each other with complete understanding, and he made left hand turns to come BACK to the hill TWICE more. We finally grew up and headed on home, but our short little 80ish mile ride today was awesome and fantastic.
Only 4 work days this week, and a tentative plan to ride with a facebook friend on Saturday. The route is one we've done and involves the Dragon, Moonshiner 28, and lunch in North Carolina. Should be fun! I actually have no plans to ride to work this week; going to TRY and go for a run every morning instead (haha!).
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