DaveDragon
Apr 17th, 2008, 7:39 pm
Spring Training Camp - Thursday - More Great Riding (http://davedragon.rilysi.com/2008/04/spring-training-camp-thursday-more.html)
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I decided to find some roads that I had not yet ridden so I asked Don Norwood to makes a recommendation, which he did with suggesting Upper Tuskegee Road which changes names to Yellow Creek Rd., and connects to 129 Near Joyce Kilmer Forest.
http://lh3.ggpht.com/davedragondave/SAfDygpdUGI/AAAAAAAAEKs/vPwZ_X4TTr4/CIMG0622_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800 (http://lh3.ggpht.com/davedragondave/SAfDvgpdUFI/AAAAAAAAEKk/o8qRMYm6LLs/CIMG0622%5B5%5D.jpg?imgmax=800)
These first to shots are from Lower Tuskegee Rd. that loops back in the back way to the IronHorse.
The dirt was fun but brief and I headed back to Upper Tuskegee Rd.
http://lh5.ggpht.com/davedragondave/SAfD_ApdUII/AAAAAAAAEK8/GG19peQdG4A/CIMG0623_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800 (http://lh5.ggpht.com/davedragondave/SAfD7ApdUHI/AAAAAAAAEK0/9B9R6e15uuM/CIMG0623%5B6%5D.jpg?imgmax=800)
This is a nice road with an amazing hairpin on a 45 degree incline.
See the last shot of this post for a photo of the hairpin.
http://lh3.ggpht.com/davedragondave/SAfEMgpdUKI/AAAAAAAAELM/4LyLKv5oX_E/CIMG0626_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800 (http://lh6.ggpht.com/davedragondave/SAfEJQpdUJI/AAAAAAAAELE/4qqYcuQzznQ/CIMG0626%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800)
http://lh3.ggpht.com/davedragondave/SAfEWgpdUMI/AAAAAAAAELc/3EoFCDMymD8/CIMG0627_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800 (http://lh6.ggpht.com/davedragondave/SAfESQpdULI/AAAAAAAAELU/AVI_T5si5U8/CIMG0627%5B5%5D.jpg?imgmax=800)
http://lh3.ggpht.com/davedragondave/SAfEhgpdUOI/AAAAAAAAELs/pkEQy-yTxWM/CIMG0628_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800 (http://lh4.ggpht.com/davedragondave/SAfEdwpdUNI/AAAAAAAAELk/KeA_dqawVZA/CIMG0628%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800)
The shot to the right is kind of long field, but if you look at the center of the shot, there is a small horizontal line. That line is the Cherohala Skyway on the other side of the valley.
http://lh6.ggpht.com/davedragondave/SAfExQpdUQI/AAAAAAAAEL8/KGc12YtdjGI/CIMG0629_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800 (http://lh3.ggpht.com/davedragondave/SAfEsgpdUPI/AAAAAAAAEL0/FOYYNg-eHkk/CIMG0629%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800)
I love the Smoky's, I just love it here.
http://lh4.ggpht.com/davedragondave/SAfE9wpdUSI/AAAAAAAAEMM/eViWU9IaOmA/CIMG0630_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800 (http://lh3.ggpht.com/davedragondave/SAfE6gpdURI/AAAAAAAAEME/ZtGa06TKVC4/CIMG0630%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800)
The Cherohala Skyway.
http://lh3.ggpht.com/davedragondave/SAfFHgpdUUI/AAAAAAAAEMc/u-q5hXE49iM/CIMG0633_thumb%5B5%5D.jpg?imgmax=800 (http://lh4.ggpht.com/davedragondave/SAfFEwpdUTI/AAAAAAAAEMU/L5YcaYAZEXg/CIMG0633%5B7%5D.jpg?imgmax=800)
US129 North of Deals Gap along the Tellico Lake.
http://lh6.ggpht.com/davedragondave/SAfFiQpdUWI/AAAAAAAAEMs/2QQFa34ZUSE/CIMG0638_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800 (http://lh3.ggpht.com/davedragondave/SAfFOgpdUVI/AAAAAAAAEMk/ob12AceQ0rU/CIMG0638%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800)
http://lh4.ggpht.com/davedragondave/SAfKswpdUYI/AAAAAAAAEM8/P4HpEixaMTE/CIMG0639_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800 (http://lh5.ggpht.com/davedragondave/SAfFpApdUXI/AAAAAAAAEM0/L1TuQbGl6NA/CIMG0639%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800)
http://lh5.ggpht.com/davedragondave/SAfK-ApdUaI/AAAAAAAAENM/GmyCO82EypI/CIMG0641_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800 (http://lh4.ggpht.com/davedragondave/SAfK4wpdUZI/AAAAAAAAENE/nyZA8Ik2gFE/CIMG0641%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800)
On the right is one of the reasons for the smoke; control burning by the Forest Service to clear the built up underbrush.
http://lh6.ggpht.com/davedragondave/SAfLKQpdUcI/AAAAAAAAENc/v5T_mk1LhjM/CIMG0643_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800 (http://lh5.ggpht.com/davedragondave/SAfLFApdUbI/AAAAAAAAENU/aUsNTl7MvBg/CIMG0643%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800)
Back on Deals Gap.
http://lh5.ggpht.com/davedragondave/SAfLZApdUeI/AAAAAAAAENs/fkMc8c_FvKU/CIMG0646_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800 (http://lh5.ggpht.com/davedragondave/SAfLTApdUdI/AAAAAAAAENk/huf_3c97yzg/CIMG0646%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800)
Yellow Creek Road.
http://lh6.ggpht.com/davedragondave/SAfLoQpdUgI/AAAAAAAAEN8/8SCyJws8Dw0/CIMG0649_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800 (http://lh5.ggpht.com/davedragondave/SAfLkApdUfI/AAAAAAAAEN0/IV9k3m03cLo/CIMG0649%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800)
And here is the Hairpin I spoke of earlier. Note, I'm facing down hill at a 45 degree angle.
I had a great time riding today and stopped again at Tellico Motorcycle Outfitters to pickup a High Visibility Olympia Vest to wear over both my TourMaster Jacket as well as my Mesh Jacket.
LATER
http://lh4.ggpht.com/davedragondave/SAe-iwpdUDI/AAAAAAAAEKg/RzdxYPpeqTM/CIMG0621_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800 (http://lh4.ggpht.com/davedragondave/SAfDlwpdUEI/AAAAAAAAEKY/tjGSjZb0f2w/CIMG0621%5B5%5D.jpg?imgmax=800)
I decided to find some roads that I had not yet ridden so I asked Don Norwood to makes a recommendation, which he did with suggesting Upper Tuskegee Road which changes names to Yellow Creek Rd., and connects to 129 Near Joyce Kilmer Forest.
http://lh3.ggpht.com/davedragondave/SAfDygpdUGI/AAAAAAAAEKs/vPwZ_X4TTr4/CIMG0622_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800 (http://lh3.ggpht.com/davedragondave/SAfDvgpdUFI/AAAAAAAAEKk/o8qRMYm6LLs/CIMG0622%5B5%5D.jpg?imgmax=800)
These first to shots are from Lower Tuskegee Rd. that loops back in the back way to the IronHorse.
The dirt was fun but brief and I headed back to Upper Tuskegee Rd.
http://lh5.ggpht.com/davedragondave/SAfD_ApdUII/AAAAAAAAEK8/GG19peQdG4A/CIMG0623_thumb%5B2%5D.jpg?imgmax=800 (http://lh5.ggpht.com/davedragondave/SAfD7ApdUHI/AAAAAAAAEK0/9B9R6e15uuM/CIMG0623%5B6%5D.jpg?imgmax=800)
This is a nice road with an amazing hairpin on a 45 degree incline.
See the last shot of this post for a photo of the hairpin.
http://lh3.ggpht.com/davedragondave/SAfEMgpdUKI/AAAAAAAAELM/4LyLKv5oX_E/CIMG0626_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800 (http://lh6.ggpht.com/davedragondave/SAfEJQpdUJI/AAAAAAAAELE/4qqYcuQzznQ/CIMG0626%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800)
http://lh3.ggpht.com/davedragondave/SAfEWgpdUMI/AAAAAAAAELc/3EoFCDMymD8/CIMG0627_thumb%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800 (http://lh6.ggpht.com/davedragondave/SAfESQpdULI/AAAAAAAAELU/AVI_T5si5U8/CIMG0627%5B5%5D.jpg?imgmax=800)
http://lh3.ggpht.com/davedragondave/SAfEhgpdUOI/AAAAAAAAELs/pkEQy-yTxWM/CIMG0628_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800 (http://lh4.ggpht.com/davedragondave/SAfEdwpdUNI/AAAAAAAAELk/KeA_dqawVZA/CIMG0628%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800)
The shot to the right is kind of long field, but if you look at the center of the shot, there is a small horizontal line. That line is the Cherohala Skyway on the other side of the valley.
http://lh6.ggpht.com/davedragondave/SAfExQpdUQI/AAAAAAAAEL8/KGc12YtdjGI/CIMG0629_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800 (http://lh3.ggpht.com/davedragondave/SAfEsgpdUPI/AAAAAAAAEL0/FOYYNg-eHkk/CIMG0629%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800)
I love the Smoky's, I just love it here.
http://lh4.ggpht.com/davedragondave/SAfE9wpdUSI/AAAAAAAAEMM/eViWU9IaOmA/CIMG0630_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800 (http://lh3.ggpht.com/davedragondave/SAfE6gpdURI/AAAAAAAAEME/ZtGa06TKVC4/CIMG0630%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800)
The Cherohala Skyway.
http://lh3.ggpht.com/davedragondave/SAfFHgpdUUI/AAAAAAAAEMc/u-q5hXE49iM/CIMG0633_thumb%5B5%5D.jpg?imgmax=800 (http://lh4.ggpht.com/davedragondave/SAfFEwpdUTI/AAAAAAAAEMU/L5YcaYAZEXg/CIMG0633%5B7%5D.jpg?imgmax=800)
US129 North of Deals Gap along the Tellico Lake.
http://lh6.ggpht.com/davedragondave/SAfFiQpdUWI/AAAAAAAAEMs/2QQFa34ZUSE/CIMG0638_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800 (http://lh3.ggpht.com/davedragondave/SAfFOgpdUVI/AAAAAAAAEMk/ob12AceQ0rU/CIMG0638%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800)
http://lh4.ggpht.com/davedragondave/SAfKswpdUYI/AAAAAAAAEM8/P4HpEixaMTE/CIMG0639_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800 (http://lh5.ggpht.com/davedragondave/SAfFpApdUXI/AAAAAAAAEM0/L1TuQbGl6NA/CIMG0639%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800)
http://lh5.ggpht.com/davedragondave/SAfK-ApdUaI/AAAAAAAAENM/GmyCO82EypI/CIMG0641_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800 (http://lh4.ggpht.com/davedragondave/SAfK4wpdUZI/AAAAAAAAENE/nyZA8Ik2gFE/CIMG0641%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800)
On the right is one of the reasons for the smoke; control burning by the Forest Service to clear the built up underbrush.
http://lh6.ggpht.com/davedragondave/SAfLKQpdUcI/AAAAAAAAENc/v5T_mk1LhjM/CIMG0643_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800 (http://lh5.ggpht.com/davedragondave/SAfLFApdUbI/AAAAAAAAENU/aUsNTl7MvBg/CIMG0643%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800)
Back on Deals Gap.
http://lh5.ggpht.com/davedragondave/SAfLZApdUeI/AAAAAAAAENs/fkMc8c_FvKU/CIMG0646_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800 (http://lh5.ggpht.com/davedragondave/SAfLTApdUdI/AAAAAAAAENk/huf_3c97yzg/CIMG0646%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800)
Yellow Creek Road.
http://lh6.ggpht.com/davedragondave/SAfLoQpdUgI/AAAAAAAAEN8/8SCyJws8Dw0/CIMG0649_thumb%5B1%5D.jpg?imgmax=800 (http://lh5.ggpht.com/davedragondave/SAfLkApdUfI/AAAAAAAAEN0/IV9k3m03cLo/CIMG0649%5B3%5D.jpg?imgmax=800)
And here is the Hairpin I spoke of earlier. Note, I'm facing down hill at a 45 degree angle.
I had a great time riding today and stopped again at Tellico Motorcycle Outfitters to pickup a High Visibility Olympia Vest to wear over both my TourMaster Jacket as well as my Mesh Jacket.
LATER