camping fee $12
mileage 244
total mileage 17,025
After breakfast I left Casey and Liz and headed East. The goal for the day is to get to Deals Gap, NC. This is the home of "The Tail of The Dragon" and a very neat motorcycle motel/campground/store and grille. I traveled on I-40 and US-70 which made for a relaxed trip. When I reached the start of the "Tail" my first TN cop with victim (a car) was less than a mile. By the time that I reached Deals Gap (11 miles, 318 turns) I had passed 3 more TN cops with victims. Be carefull when riding or driving hwy 129 from TN to NC.
Tommorow the plan is to meet Dori (and trike) in Danville, VA.
Camping at Deals Gap was an absolute blast and I look forward to returning for a weekend. We talked motorcycles, all kinds, drank beer and had guitar playing way past my bedtime. I meet many interesting riders, some that were my age, some riders from Wisc, Kansas City, CO and SC, NM and New Zealand. My car tire was a big hit and in the morning some of the riders checked it out to be sure I wasn't making it up.
The tree of shame has parts of bikes that crashed on the Dragon. It includes parts of Big Wheels that were used one weekend in a downhill race on the Dragon. There were three injuries in that race, all spectators.
If Kansas was one of the worst nights camping then Deals Gap was the best.
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