Left around 8:00 AM and headed out on SC 34 to SC 200 and then onto North Carolina and Virginia. Nice roads, no major highways (except for a short stretch in I-77).
Weather was good until the last 20 miles or so which had a couple of heavy showers. That would have been ok but we were to travel the last 10 miles on I-77 and there was some kind of major traffic tie up. The interstate was backed up for miles. So we made the GPS do an alternate route and that road was ok for a few miles until we got into Princeton and it was backed up.
So we took a couple of side street and finally got to the motel around 6:30 or so. Probably 45 minutes later then expected.
One of the roads we took today was called the "Back of the Dragon" seen here.
http://www.virginia.org/Listings/OutdoorsAndSports/BackoftheDragon/
In North Carolina and TN there is the "Tail of the Dragon" or Deals Gap. On days like today, that road is covered with bikers and cars. And you can get your photo taken by a one of the several professional photographers who man some corners taking pictures of the cars, bikes, ect.
http://www.killboy.com
Deals Gap os about 11 miles. The Back of the Dragon in VA is about 32 miles. And it has more turns and better turns than Deals Gap. Here are some pictures
Note in some of the pictures you can see Bill and Henry in my bikes side rear view mirrors. Also not the presence of guard rails in some places and the lack of them in others.
Today 350 miles. Tomorrow about 280 or so. Cool but no rain
Food - Lunch at a mom and pop wings place somewhere in NC. Not many non-chain place open on Sunday. It was nice, pleasant but a little noisy sort of like a Buffalo Wings place but not a chain.
Dinner, had to eat at Chillies because it was within walking distance and the roads to the other places were blocked due to the traffic. I mean they even had a detour through the local Lowes Parking Lot.
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