Our biggest risk on this trip is going to be SUNBURN.   Bring some long sleeve shirts and sunblock for the backs of your neck and hands and ears, etc. etc.

Plan for your comfort AFTER getting your initial sunburn .... you are gonna get one.

None of us have a decent tan as this spring has been too cloudy up until now.

I'm planning to leave Monday about 09:00 and it looks my route goes very near Helen Ga. and beyond .    Last Wednesday they had 12" of rain and flooding.    I hope its had time to drain off !        There may be some detouring  ???  

I took the Guzzi out for a 170 mile loop with the CMA bunch , the seat seemed to be OK and the shocks did a good job soaking up the ruff roads.  The Savage got to go on the last adventure so it's the Guzzi's turn this time .         I got 56 mpg today putting around (1/2 and 1/2)  back roads and  70 mph super slab  .

I am up, packed, charged and ready to go.

I will go back to sleep until 5:30 then I will get up and motivate some breakfast, then hit the road.

My dot it lit once my phone is lit, currently I am off line on charge.  

MM's phone is off again (airplane mode, again)

Sounds like you all are going to have a great time and you should have a nice week of weather too.

Have fun and be safe!

As the lack of photos shows.....we are having a good time.  The weather is perfectly clear and pleasant - once the morning chill goes away.  Sleeping in the tent and the morning ride to breakfast provides 54 degrees of chill.

Yesterday MM and I hooked up with a Ducati rider and chased each other around curves for 340 wonderful miles!  We obviously didn't keep him challenged on the straight sections - but I think we kept him amused when we got to the curves.

The section of 28 south of Highlands down to Warwoman road is an amazing collection of downhill curves - it always amazes me how long that road can go downhill and how many curves it has.........it is equal to the Dragon in fun factor, and a lot less traffic.  The east end of Warwoman is equally as fun!

A restaurant on the lake we had lunch
Its to much fun to stop for pictures sometimes  

It is another beautiful morning in Georgia!  The potential showers for this afternoon have disappeared from the forecast for today, and there is no rain forecast for the rest of the weekend!  The Two Wheels campground is filling up with dual sport bikes as there is a special ride event this weekend - this will be a very busy place by the end of today.

MM and I did another long day yesterday and found some wonderful backroads - it seems you can't find a road in this area that doesn't have nice curves, hills and views......and the traffic so far has been pretty light.  I suspect that this area is just a bit less touristy than the areas around Deals Gap/Pigeon Forge/Gatlinburg/Cherokee/Asheville.  The back roads were a bit busy with haymaking yesterday - but tractors and trucks hauling hay are pretty easy to pass.

Stewmills arrived last night about 5 minutes after we got to camp - the timing couldn't have been any better.  MM and I are both riding on front tires that are getting near the end of their life - we have been scuffing them up real good and they are holding up much better than I expected and they will easily last the rest of this trip. (Today we will find out if we can get Stewmills to abuse his tires as well!)  I did notice that both MM and I have a tiny bit more wear on the right side of the front tire than there is on the left.....an experienced riding friend of mine said that this is normal as right hand turns are inherently sharper since you are on the inside of the turn and the radius is tighter - on left hand turns you are on the outside of the curve and the radius is generally larger.