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[lilbear]

Bubba,

Thanks for posting some of your pictures.  They look great to me.  It is really neat to see everyone's different perspective in photos.  And, by the way, tell Mom not to worry, Bubb Jr. was watching over the entire group, Bubba included!  It was sure great meeting you.  Martha and I look forward to seeing you again soon.

Keep well and keep Bubba Jr. on the job,

Craig

[lilbear]

Spyder,

Thanks for posting your pictures.  It sure was great meeting you and Rabi in Maggie Valley.  I see you're going to North Georgia in November and we look forward to seeing you again there! 

BTW, please PM me your email address, I've got a Spyder to send to you!

Keep well,
Craig

[porthole]

Here we go, some of my pics from MV 2007. As many of you know, Glenn and I took 4 days to get there and 4 days to get home. Pics from the before and after will be in another thread.
Many of the pics I have are only slightly different then what has been posted already, so I'm putting up some of my favorites.


Welcome to some of the best motorcycle riding roads on the east coast.
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[porthole]

On one of the group rides we were a bit behind and I missed the exit (on the way to the Highlands) due to traffic. So we ended up missing most of the ride to the BBQ, we did find our way to the Highlands though, and had a great lunch at a several hundred year old Inn.

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One of the many dams we passed, this was after leaving the Highlands city limits

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I am only posting this picture, which looks like so many of my mountain pics, to show show some of the "other half" lives.

Look in the center of this pic, the next picture is a zoomed in shot.

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[porthole]

This is the center of the above shot. This was on the way out of the Highlands, I think heading towards 64, which was a great road.
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Another dam.
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Bridal Veil Falls, similar to many of the 2000 plus Carolina waterfalls, very little water flowing.
These are the Falls the you can drive under.
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One of four foot suspension bridges we passed, and all are in suprisngly good shape.
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Heading back into MV.
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On the next day we again got separated from the group as they were heading to the Skyway I believe. So, I took Glenn on a little scenic ride to Fontana Dam.
The Fontana Lake / reservoir is extremely low. Normally this time of year it is intentionally lowered by about 50 in anticipation of the spring thaw. But this year the level is already close to 90 feet below normal!
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Heading over the top of the dam we had a Bald Eagle fly out of the woods right towards us. Stopping in the middle of the road and jumping off the bike to get my camera, secured in the saddlebag, caused me some delay in getting pictures. This is only the third time I have ever seen a Bald Eagle in person and it is a real thrill for me.

The Eagle flew in circles above us, checking out our Screamin' Eagles for a good 10-15 minutes. I think he approved as he dipped his wings before leaving.
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This is the rock face as you approach the the dam's lower level on Rt 28 (aka the "Hellbender"). This is a really neat formation and is a great place to take pictures different times of the day with the sun doing it's artwork on the rocks.
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