A small group of us including wmustang, Miss P, Steve M, Steve H and Tally Ho rode across the Back of the Dragon, first hill anyway, through Saltville to Damascus to eat at the Diner there. Then on out to Shady Valley and picked up the Snake up towards Abingdon, Va. The main reason for going to Abingdon was because the William King Museum there has an exhibit called The Open Road, which is a small collection of motorcycles ranging from a 1926 Harley Single up to a 1972 Sportster. The exhibit was a bit of letdown because I expected more quite honestly.
However what I didn't know is that they also had an exhibit of old flintlock long guns, and by that I mean the type Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone carried around back in the day. There were several cases spread throughout two rooms with each case having 8 or more of these old guns.
As a gun enthusiast, although not of this particular era, it was awesome to see these weapons and to think about the history they represent. They were all so beautiful and to see the natural color and patterns within what one has to assume came from the old growth wood that existed here in the mountains prior to the industrial revolution was truly awesome.
Orange Crush ran great as usual, the only problem is that I feel I have this bike so well sorted with regard to the motor, suspension, etc that it's getting kinda hard to find something to upgrade these days.
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