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Reply #195 - 05/18/25 at 20:46:13
 
Maybe we can do a Dragon Run or two this summer now that warm weather is making its way to the mountains ?

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Reply #196 - Yesterday at 04:24:35
 
I have been watching the weather in the mountains - it is still too wet to plan anything very far in advance.  Just like our weather here has been very wet - you might be able to sneak in one or two dry days....but you will only get a day or two to figure out if the weather will be suitable.  Tellico Plains seems to have good weather sooner than it arrives in the Robbinsville area - and yet it is still a bit too damp for my liking.  The Cherohala Mountain Trails Campground has some nice and affordable cabins, they serve breakfast most days, they have camping available without any advance reservations.  https://cmtrails.com/

(A friend of mine who was been riding his whole life says you can't really do any normal riding until June).

My neighbor and I have started to go riding in the area around the KY/VA border.  The area is mountainous and the roads are nice riding.  There is little to attract tourists and traffic is light - the coal and logging activities are not busy like they once where and the area is a bit depressed.  There aren't fancy restaurants or bars in the area and getting breakfast sometimes requires an hour of riding before we find something to eat - by lunch/dinner time we are always out riding in areas with places to eat.  There are a lot of very small towns and great riding - the roads tend to be located in the valleys between the mountains and are very curvy, and a few of them go over the mountains and have steep roads and curves.  This is a nice place for us as we can get there with a 4 hour drive - while it takes us 5 hours to get to Tellico Plains, 7 hours to Robbinsville and 8 hours to Suches.  The "Gateway to the Breaks" is a nice little hotel in the area:
https://www.gatewaymotelva.com/
There is also the Breaks Interstate Park with lodging and camping:
https://www.breakspark.com/lodging-main-page

If you want to go ride 2-3 days soon at Tellico Plains - I am up for it if we can find a few good weather days (after the coming Memorial Day weekend).  Both 315 and 68 are great roads that you may not have ridden yet.  And there is always the Cherohala Skyway and roads on the east side of the mountain.
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Reply #197 - Yesterday at 19:40:34
 
Thanks for the feed-back Dave !  Smiley

I spend two weeks on the Moab Adventure , and then a week at Loretta Lynn's ranch as a CMAUSA Volunteer last week.  Both were "Fun on Two Wheels" ...  Grin

So now I got to "Pay the Piper" ya might say .  It will take a few weeks to get my chores caught-up and get the first Hay Cutting in the barn.   Then I can have another week off  Wink .
But , the Mountains should be warm by then !    Tell Bat Man Howdy for me !  Smiley

Hay , I like the looks of this place ! https://cmtrails.com/
and $12.00 tent sites makes it "inviting"  Cool


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Reply #198 - Today at 08:10:50
 
That looks like a nice place MM. I hope I get a chance to catch up with you guys sometime this year. You sure are making me jealous with all that riding.
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