slayed the dragon . . . again

After leaving Gatlinburg, we rode down to Pigeon Forge. We were amazed at the number of antique cars that were all over the area. Some were riding down the road and others were lined up along the roadside. We decided to park the bikes and walk around to look at some of them. We saw some great old corvettes and a cool looking thunderbird. Jim was looking for a 68 chevelle super sport. Unfortunately we only saw one and it was a 1967. Too bad it was the wrong year! We had a lot of fun looking at them & talking about them and then were ready to head to Robbinsville, North Carolina. We rode along the Foot Hill Parkway and then got on US129. We took time to "slay the dragon" riding on the 'tail of the dragon' - deals gap on US129. 318 turns in 11 miles. Great fun! We rode up the tail of the dragon on the way to Robbinsville, where we had booked a room. After checking into the room we road through parts of the Nantahala National Forest and along side a portion of the Nantahala River and eventually made our way back to Deals Gap. We ran down it and back up again. What a fun day of riding!