Bummer! I missed you guys by one day.
Last Sunday I took the Auto Train up to Virginia, did a little detour to Philly to see Iron Maiden at Ozzfest on Tuesday then headed south by NSX on Wednesday morning.
Did the entire length of Skyline Drive and the first 120 miles of The Blue Ridge Parkway that day, spending the night in Roanoke.
Woke up bright and early on Thursday to catch the sunrise over the mountains and completed the entire length of the parkway and spent the night in Cherokee, N.C.
Friday was spent riding the Cherohala Skyway, the Dragon, Foothills Parkway and Rt. 73 between Townsend and Gatlinburg in Tennessee. I did one round trip on each road but 4 on The Dragon. :biggrin:
The day was marred because there were
2 deaths on The Dragon. I was right behind the guy on the Buell and witnessed his accident. He broke way too late on a sharp right hander and high sided the bike. It's a scene I'll never forget. The handlebars turned sharply to the right and he was flung right over the bars. He and the bike just disappeared into the woods. His riding buddy pulled over and I stopped for a sec to let him know I was on the way to get help. I knew there was a small armada of police and emergency workers a couple of miles up the road extracting the body of the guy who sailed his BMW into the abyss the night before.
When I returned to the accident scene about 15 minutes later his buddy thanked me for getting help so quickly and told me at least he was still breathing. I only learned of his death earlier this evening from the above link and
www.tailofthedragon.com Very sad and very very tragic.
If it were not for the road carnage on The Dragon, it was an incredible experience in the NSX. I've ridden all the same roads a couple of years ago on my Hayabusa but I've got to say I had much more fun in the car.
I left Cherokee this morning at 6:00am and got home 700 miles later to Boca Raton at 5:00pm.
One more week, 2500 new miles on the clock bringing the total to 135,000. We are all very fortunate to be driving the best sports car on the face of the Earth.
Godspeed to Jack Wolfe and David Workman.
Sunrise on The Blue Ridge Parkway
The Blue Ridge Parkway at dawn
Southern end of The Dragon
Overlooking Calderwood Dam at northern end of The Dragon
just rattling the cage some. People will be showing up in spurts since we're stopping in Cherokee, NC to eat, tube, etc. But I plan on leaving Cherokee around 4-5, so that'll put me in Cherokee around 5-6.
