Day 5 - June 16

There won't be any pictures today... we took a couple but we're staying at a Microtel motel and the connection is tenuous at best, so I'm not going to waste the time to load any photos today.

I will however make time for the new SWD. Today's word is "hit", as in; "Could you please tell me how far Maggie Valley is?" "Why yes, hit's about 10 mols down this here road."

I hope you are all paying attention and taking notes as there will be a test at the end of the ride.

After torrential rain and tornado like winds during the evening we awoke to news reports of downed power lines, mud slides and closed roads. However it was not raining and as the day progressed it became better and better, so that by the end of the day we were riding in 96 degree weather which gave a pretty good simulation of standing in front of the open door of a coal fired blast furnace. To prove this my arms have sustained what appear to be third degree burns.

The GPS consistently sent us on wild goose chases. This I am certain is due to my ineptitude, but the result is that we have pretty much relied on the old fashioned map to help us find our way.

Some of the roads we were on today were as easily as much fun as the Dragon's Tail; Switchbacks, beautifully banked turns and smooth macadam. The traffic on these roads was light to nonexistent. All in all a great day of riding.

We ended the day in Bremen, Georgia, about 10 mols from the Alabama boarder. In the morning it is our intention to ride into Leeds, AL (a suburb of Birmingham) and visit the Barber Museum and motor track. We are told it is quite impressive and I will attempt to take a few pix. By the way, we stopped by the "Wheels of (in?) Time Motorcycle Museum" in Maggie Valley, NC this morning, but they, of course, are closed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays.