Had a nice little pre-world ending rapture ride this weekend, lol.... But being that I was gonna be gone the entire weekend, I did have to have a little fun with the neighbors, so I left these out in the driveway before I left



Made my way up to Knoxville, TN sat morning to pick up my new lid



Then had to head down to Franklin, NC to go to a bike meet with the Honda VFR guys that I go to every year. I made my way through the Great Smokey Mountain Nat'l Park in Tennessee, watching the clock to be mindful of the soon to be imploding earth (I do hope everybody knows I'm joking and being utterly sarcastic here, lol). I pulled over to take a little break at 5 mins to 6:00



Then... 6:00 PM, the time when the earth was supposed to be shaking, fireballs falling from the sky, and Richard Simmons videos playing non-stop on every TV worldwide for the next 153 days. But instead it was dead silent except for this relaxing rustling stream and some annoying little bugs that insisted on flying in my ears



Since the world didn't blow up, I continued on my way with my faithful companion and made my way down to Franklin for the VFR meet. Had a great time there, then headed out this morning and decided to take the nice relaxing scenic route back home on the Blue Ridge Parkway. I must admit, I do have that special talent of turning a less than 3 hr ride into..... about 9 hours, hahah (left at 10, got home at 7). Anyways... pretty much anywhere along here is a nice view, so I snapped some pics along the way. It was near 90 deg at the lower elevations, but it's always nice and cool on the BRP and was around 65-70 deg up there today. BEAUTIFUL!!





This looked like a good spot to stop and take a lil break



There was a hiking trail so I had to check it out



It was a little rocky going up



But the view wasn't bad



Then moving on.... highest part of the BRP, and yours truly (a HD dude near by offered to take my pic, lol). And I swear I'm not a crackhead... I don't know why there's veins popping out of my head







In this pic, take note of that rock all the way up at the top towards the left-center, next to the tops of the trees



Well that's where I am here.... there was another badass little hiking trail, took about 20 mins to get up, but the view was incredible! I think I can see my bike down there, haha



DEFINITELY coming back here for a sunset picture!!











My ugly mug yet again, lol



Ol' Faithful... and my poor cargo net really hating life







BRP visitors center out by Mt. Mitchell, which is the highest point east of the Mississippi







Then some dark clouds started rolling in quick!



And right in the direction I was headed too..... doh



And so much for beating the rain, lol..... got to NC 80 and it was raining pretty good, then headed down NC 80, which is a very tight and very steep road with downhill switchbacks and all that fun stuff... and wet leaves all over the road too. So that was fun, lol. Got to the bottom of the mountain where it straightens out some and it was bright, sunny, and dry as could be... go figure



That's all the pics.... sorry picture quality isn't that great, took them all with my phone. I really need to get a DSLR camera for up here, haha

 

So.....I officially hate you.

Pittsburgh is my home town and in about an hour I could get down to WV and see stuff like that...but now in Houston....nope.

Glad you had fun.

 

Awesome photos as always Jared.

But ah.. whats with the clothes and the dog's collars? hah

 

nice pics, thats a beautiful area.