Okay, I'm payin' attenshun. I need to check and see what my vacation time balance looks like. Might be up for an overnighter in the Mt. Mitchell area.

Midnight,

When you PM or talk to Preacher Mike again ask him if he wants to go.

We will be staying inside in a cabin with 3 beds and tons of floor space on the first night.    Second night we will be in 2 man cabins.  

Or vice versa depending on if we want to go see Wheels Through Time Motorcycle Museum as it is only open on Fri-Mon and we would have to hit it on Monday (the first day out) or not get there at all again on this trip.

We are still early -- order of things depends on who is going after all.

Well, got my vacation approved for week of the 19-23.  One obstacle out of the way ....


Weather is looking good so far .....


This is Linville Falls, Day #1

http://www.accuweather.com/us/nc/linville-falls/28647/forecast-details.asp?fd...



This is Canton/Cruso, Day #2

http://www.accuweather.com/us/nc/canton/28716/forecast-details.asp?fday=11


I guess we need to decide if we are going to Wheels Through Time or not on Monday.  

Personally, never been but I could live without it if it makes the trip all "out of balance"  for everyone else.

But we need to call the shot as the cabin reservations all flow from that decision.

I'm watching this. Hopefully I can get out and join you.
Need to spoon a new rear tire on next week.
Cheers!
Mike

If it ain't raining.  I plan to leave monday morning -+  10 ish ,,,  get to Wheel through time about 2:30 ish  ....  and be ready for a nice Walk-a-bout trough time !

Those Motel rates trough the week are a lot more agreable.  

Chompping at the bit and ready to take a ride.!!!

From Wheels Through Time we can go north or south for a place to stay the night.

Go south for 22 miles & stay at Blue Ridge Motorcycle Campground in a $45 cabin.   The cabins have heaters and you will need them.   We both know this place, so no explanation is necessary.   South leads over to Dragon country and we know that area pretty well too.

Go north for 44 miles and stay at Gatlinburg at a 2 star motel that cost $45 a night.   2 star hotel = run down fleabag, but it has a toilet and a shower in the room (no taking a walk in the chill to take a crap when you wake up in the night).   Click on the link below to take a look at the fleabag hotel.   NOTE THAT THE FLEABAG FEEDS YOU BREAKFAST FOR FREE.


http://www.hotel-rates.com/hot/property?hotelId=220413&name=River+Edge+Motor+...


So, the cost is the exact same either way.    Gatlinburg has a ton of stuff to do in it and we then could loop up into Tennessee and see some new "never before seen roads" then head back down to hit Little Switzerland on the far side of Ashboro to tee up the Diamondback and Mount Mitchell.   This Tennessee loop excursion might take a day to do, who knows?   If we wanna go that way I'll be looking at things to do up there inTennessee.

It is a Wanderjar, a Walkabout, an Adventure ...   Relax time spent away from the family.

This would put us meeting up Wednesday with Serenity and whoever else just wanted to do Little Switzerland, Mount Mitchell and the Diamondback. We could meet at a decided upon spot on Wednesday for the shorter 1 day thing they were interested in doing, since they can either overnight or truck it on back home as the mood moves them since they live nearby.

Hotwire claims they can put us in a "Gatlinburg area hotel" for $29 a night, but they won't give us a name for the place until we book it (but they say it will be within 22 miles of city center).

Price is certainly nice, but are we up for that much of a pig in the polk adventure?

Here's the after action report .....

"And then the rats woke us both up -- they was a crunching on them ugly nasty 2" long cockroaches we had noted earlier .

The entire herd of cockroaches wuz a running up the walls and the ceilings jest a chittering away and the rats where squealing & chasing them down and eating them alive (more grunting and guttural scrunchin' munchin' sounds).   It wuz hideous, really it was.

Oldfeller slept in the tub with it filled to the top with water jest to keep the sea of moving critters off him ...   MMRanch rolled up in his sleeping bag and sealed his flaps jest trying to keep them off his face."



Mebbe I should bring the bb machine gun, huh?