After spending a relaxing week with Lee and Andrei, Wayne and I drove west to a place called Maggie Valley which is at the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. We hired a Harley Davidson Electroglide for 24 hrs so that we could ride the Tail of the Dragon, which is one of the top motorcycle rides in the world. All up the ride has 318 curves in 11 miles so it isn't very long. It is also almost impossible to speed safely or legally, however, some riders just don't seem to get it as there are many fatalities and the State troopers like the one in the car below book as many as they want. The ride itself is actually in Tennessee so we got to visit there as well.
Wayne of course had to get his photo beside this Tennessee State Trooper's car. When we saw him he was having a break but assured us that he didn't have any trouble catching speeding motorcyclists.
We spent about 8 hrs on the bike altogether and had a wonderful day. The weather was perfect and the mountain roads very scenic. We finished the ride by doing a small section of the Blueridge Parkway. What we both found surprising was that we actually liked riding the Harley, my seat as pillion passenger was like an armchair.
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