Ride With Tank

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Today we took a ride into Cades Cove. The scenery in there is spectacular, but the traffic is just miserable. All it takes is to have one knob on the entire 11 mile route to make things miserable. I dont know why these people insist on gawking at scenery while sitting in the middle of the road.

I was texted a question about the pictures in these updates, and yes all the pictures in these updates were taken with my phone.

Yesterday the whole crew rode the Cherohola. There is some kind of slippery sand for miles on 143 as you approach the Skyway. We all very nearly died in that stuff.

The Law, originally uploaded by TankOhio.

Here I sit at one of my favorite spots watching the bikes go by. It is around one in the afternoon and two county guys just went by. They stopped Mark yesterday to have a talk with him about how fast he should ride. They took pity on him and sent him away with a warning.

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Today Skidplate and I rode Parsons Branch road. It was pretty adventurous for the first three miles or so, but Skidplate and the Vulcan did great and wez got through without incident. Johnny was going to go, but he is afraid of gravel so he did not go.

Late sunrise ride, originally uploaded by TankOhio.

I guess I cant call it a sunrise ride, but it is 9 and I am drinking coffee alone at the overlook so I am still calling it a sunrise ride.

The whole crew is here! Skidplate, Passinthru, Johnny, Janice, Dave, Christy, Tom, and Bit!

We arrived arount 4 yesterday and got unpacked. During our first run we were getting near the end and riders coming the other way were signalling to slow down, so I did. Next thing you know Skidplate drops it down a few gears and blows past us. We were like, “What the hell?”. So now she blows past two cops. She was not cited.

There was much drunkeness around the campfire last night. I don,t know how many nights in a row I will be able to maintain that drinking pace.