Hello Toymaker and Greeting to Mrs.Toymaker

Please pardon the delay,  Computer problems , had to clear all cookies and such to make the computer function again and had  a heck of a time getting loged on again to our site here.

Yes, a hundred times "yes" , I would be honored for the loan of a futon for friday night the 26th of June, and partake in a nice PUT-PUT ride for Saturday.  I've been getting rummors of a pool party and such too.  I hope to meet Kel30734 in north Ga. friday morning and get to your house late afternoon.

One thing I have been pondering is the ride across NC. to your house from the north GA area.  If its not out of the way to much, we (Kel and I) could go east on a different trail on Friday than we all take west on Saturday.  So the Question is ???? ?   Our path on Saturday  is there a  triditional route.

Looking forward to it.

M&M

Let's stay off of I40 and the other 6 lane roads more than we did last time.   We do enough of that on the way up to the mountains.    On the way back we took some mountain road shortcuts that Toymaker knew about, the trip back seemed quicker and was much more interesting.

(hee hee  ....   maybe we should vote on it?   No overheated engines, no splats, better scenery?)


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Kel30734 just told me something interesting anyway -- the Irish are coming and I surely have you outnumbered.  

I will likely confuse you sometimes but I am everywhere -- on this trip anyway.  I may be riding in back of you and riding in front of you and actually sit on both sides of you at lunch.  When you go splat I can bind your wounds and fix up your bike all at the same time.


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Let's go here !!!    Bestest piece of curvy off-camber roller coaster on the planet that I have ever found.   I  vouch for it personally!!   It has my 4x6" personal seal of approval on it (although it has likely dried up by now).  

Instructions:  Zoom out some until you can see the Parkway, click your mouse on the intersection of US276 and the Blue Ridge Parkway and then zoom back in with the slider so you can see the torturous curves clearly.  

Best road in the world is the 2-3 miles on US 276 going up to and down from the Parkway crest.  Vertical viewing doesn't give the road picture of the road falling off on you as you go around the curves though.   You are leaned over to the max going around a turn and the road just rolls over to the outside and freaking  *** disappears ***  half way through the turn !!!   Auuugh !!   (ass puckering scary on a bike -- truly)

http://www.mapquest.com/maps?city=Cruso&state=NC#a/maps/l:::Cruso:NC::US:35.4...

Ditch off on the Parkway IN FRONT of Ashville, follow it around south of Ashville and we can go by and visit my little patch of skin on US 276 ....

Yes, it is around thy elbow to get to thy arse, but a VERY interesting ride on an original off-camber roller coaster is gained by taking the detour.  Not many places where you can find hair pin turns with big arsed dips in the road all combined with road crest contour changes all at the same time.

You have your line picked, you are committed to the turn and the camber of the road tilts suddenly off to the outside of the turn and it DIPS on you in the middle of the blind turn, just plain pitching you right off the side of the mountain.....   there suddenly ain't no road in front of you any more ....





Don't hit your brakes boys or you too will make a "square inch" based donation.   Be going slow with your revs up to be able to survive this one by rolling off the throttle and trusting gravity to keep you touching pavement through the rest of the turn.

What's that road called "change o'pant needed"?

It occurs to me that we have ALL DAY to screw around getting up to the Gap.   Once at the Gap, there is nothing to do except ride the gap and talk to bikers.

We may want to drag out the trip up with a lot of nonsense stuff and side trips .....  Turn a 4 hour trip into 5 or six hours or more with lots of stops.

What's on the Tennessee side?   I admit ignorance since Dollywood is as far as I ever got into Tennessee on purpose.   It would be new territory anyway.

Propose something interesting.

Al, there is a golf course 2 miles from me house...and I play too!!!  However, if last year is any indication, we'll be busy busy busy talking "Savages"

Yeah, I'll probably leave the clubs at home. It was just a crazy thought. I suck at golf but for some reason I like playing anyway.

AL