Well I get up and go to work as normal. I am a factory sales rep. Worked at Panera Bread a couple of hours, had two meetings with customers and watched the temperature rise to the upper 70's and top out at 85 degrees without a single cloud in the sky.
I could not stand it any longer and called my wife who was home working in the yard. I asked if she wanted to go ride this afternoon as as usual the answer was "YES".
I got home at 3 pm and she was ready to go and had the garage door open. I changed cloths and we headed North on Hwy 421 toward Wilkesboro (the moonshine capital of NC). First stop was at Crossroads HD for a birthday gift for my brother and some new light weight summer gloves for me. Then we continued North a few miles and hit Hwy 16 up to the Parkway. We were up there four weeks back and it still looked winter at the 3000 to 3500 foot level. Lots of trees still down along side the parkway from the ice storm over the winter. Well today it was GREEN and beautiful and you could see where crews had done a lot of tree cleanup.
We ran North on the Parkway over to the intersection of Hwy 18 where Stations Inn and Freebornes Motorcycle Resorts are. Stations Inn was open and there were five bikes there. We stopped and had some chicken wings and enjoyed conversation with the few other riders out. Then we headed South down 18 back to Wilkesboro and on home to our bunker West of the Twin Cities that Tobacco built.
Total round trip was 150 miles and we were home well before dark. Love that it stays light now till after 8 pm.
The 2017 CVO 114 ran perfectly and with 15k miles the stock exhaust is really sounding good as it wears in. Of course a little hard to hear over the awesome stereo that we had cranked up pretty good. County music going up the mountain and 70's Rock & Roll on the return trip. Not as many bikes out as I expected and traffic in general was light which made for an enjoyable ride.
Ride Safe
Don't think we've met, but Howdy! I was looking through older posts, and came across yours, as the Parkway is one of my favorites Routes, and Freebourne's and The Stations Inn are favorite Watering Holes on the way home from Shately Springs! I don't know what it is, but since the first time I crossed that NC line at the bottom of Fancy Gap, which was back in the late '60's, to this very day, a different kind of feeling comes over me that I cannot explain. A wonderful feeling, like when I go to my old home place, or the old family farm in VA. Can't explain it, but it's more than a thought, it's a feeling! I've been told I may have been there in a previous life, but I don't believe in that chit. What I do know and believe, is makin' and drinkin' homemade liquor and smokin' cigarettes, put Wilkesboro and Winston-Salem, on the Map! The do-gooders will cringe at that, but they can kiss my butt!!! Especially, Junior Johnson! R. J. Reynolds had long since made their Mark, but Junior Johnson really put 'em on the Map, when he originally asked them to be his Sponsor, which evolved into Winston Cup Racing before, again, the do-gooders decided the title "Winston Cup", was bad for this Great Country!!!! Ain't that a bunch of horse chit? Ride safe! Maybe y'all can ride up to the WVGTG this year! Exit 9, (second Exit after you come through the East River Mountain Tunnel), on 77-N. You'll have a blast!!! Hope to see y'all!!!! Later--HUBBARD