Art, an air bed is better constructed and it is extra deep (7.5" deep vs 4") on purpose so if it does lose a little air it isn't fatal.

Dave, you want to float from place to place or just stay at Mi Mountain for two nights next month?   If we float, we jest take whatever we can get at quitting time wherever we are.  

Might be a hotel room, who knows?

I texted MM to get him to read and answer your question.   I don't know if he plans to go on the weekend explore or not at this point in time because he's been out cutting hay and pouring a concrete pad and has been missing for the last week.

I plan to just ride in and out, that way I can better judge my real ability to withstand 5 days of MM/Blue Ridge Wandering.   Plus, I needed to develop the tent camping tricks I will need for the longer trip.

Red -up !  

Yea , I got brother "Kent" to help with the concrete last Saturday , I've got another buddy and his helper here tonight ready to start construction on a new car-port tomorrow --- then hay to cut soon as the weather has 4 or 5 days of sunshine in a roll (maybe Monday) , then more hay , then sell some calfs , them maybe some more hay  ... seems like a busy time of year .  

I will be  SsssOooo ready for a ride by time July gets here .  I've got the 21st on my calendar but I can change it if necessary .   That "Mi-Campground" looks just fine to me if ya'll would rather meet there ... I'm easy to get-a-long-with    , anywhere is "OK" .  
Heck - some Sunny Days and good Ridding Buddy s will make all that work disappear into a distance memory .

I remember looking for a few campgrounds north of NC. and will haft to hunt them up again before we leave .   right now I've got my attention on getting chores done-up.  Kinda like get the "Honey-Do-list" before I get to do the "my-bucket-list" sort of thing    

That reminds me of something I've noticed :
I've noticed the more things I do on my bucket list ---
The LONGER the bucket list gets !  

The dash light on my S-40 burned out in TX and I haven't got around to fixing it yet , think I'll change oil twice this year (4000 miles this year already) and check the valves again , might even give all the bolts a checking while I'm at it. !

We are currently thinking about checking out Mi Mountain in Franklin NC as a gather spot so we can all start the Blue Ridge Parkway together.   Another place to visit to check out is Big Don's Cabins ..... another undefined sort of location with no web site and no reviews except some dubious tweets on twitter.

Next weekend Dave and I are going there to "reality check" it out, along with some other alternative start spots.

Start date is going to be:


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Blue Ridge Parkway Ride

OK, Thursday July the 21st through the 26-27.   We will go up the Blue Ridge Parkway from the south end all the way up into Virginia.  

Thurs Fri Sat Sun Mon Tues and that way we will have lots of time to go side explore some.    Wednesday is optional if we are running late getting back.



...... yes, it means if we get really lost again ......

Please note: folks can join this trip in progress and we will post our location nightly and if we are picking up somebody that we know about we will post changes to pick up schedule right here on the thread.   This trip covers a "pick up area" of the entire South & Mid East and remember, you can pick us up on the return trip as well.





And here is your weather forecast for the days in question.

http://www.accuweather.com/en/us/canton-nc/28716/july-weather/344623?monyr=7/...

This makes 4, we will need MM and Dave to each pack a tent.

Stewmills:

The ride in July is a "traveling" event.....it will start on the south end of the Blue Ridge Parkway, and we will be riding farther north each day and making stops along the way.  Trying to catch us as we ride north might be confusing.....and then each day you will get farther away from where you parked your truck.  If you are rolling in around midnight on Friday, riding Satruday, and riding back on Sunday....I am not sure how that will work?

Oldfeller and I are riding the Franklin, NC and north Georgia area this weekend....maybe it will be such good riding that the July trip will be changed from a camping/riding trip on the Blue Ridge Parkway (trucks, buses, campers SUV's)....to a trip on less crowded rural roads in Georgia.

Let's keep planning........hopefully we can get you up here to ride with us some weekend.

stewmills wrote on 06/15/16 at 11:40:45:


Well in that case........pack up you truck tomorrow night, and when you leave work on Friday........you can drive to the Franklin area and ride with us this weekend!