This week is almost over but lots has happened. School is starting, tomorrow the kids come for half a day. John , Joe, Betty Jane and myself decided last week to take off on a ride for a few days. I was so excited to get away...think they were also. So, Friday morning we loaded up and headed north........north of Mississippi that is. We were looking for anywhere that was cooler than 105...........John checked the weather and saw the best temps were in TN and NC. He has been wanted to go up there and ride the Dragon Tail for a while now. For those of you that dont know of the "Dragon" it is a road with 318 curve with steep incline mountians over a short 11 miles. You can do the math and see it is continous curves and rolls. At the end we got T shirt to say we rode the Dragon and survived........believe that is not an easy thing.
Then we rode some more great mountain roads, stopped at this gorge ,and headed home.........As soon as we came down into GA......the heat was on again.
We had many good laughs .....most of them at my expense. John and Joe give me a lots of mess, they love to pick on me. Enjoyed riding my new bike...got a few little things to get worked out , but had lots of power and seat was comfortable.
I had to go back to work this week.......have gotten all my stuff ready for the kids tomorrow.
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So it looks like we will be off tomorrow.......going on a last before school ride. Think we will be heading out in the morning to ride into Tennessee. Have checked the weather there and high temps will be in the upper 80's........which is a hell of a lot better than 100's. Will go into the area of Gatlinburg........love the mountains. Anytime I can get up in elevation ........I love it. Once we get up there the pleasure to just ride through the mountains and site see as we go.......no set plans. That is what I like.........just go....ride.....see........
This will also give me a chance to really see what my new bike will do on a trip.
Hope this will be a great day for all. Leave a comment if you like

Here are pictures of the new bike as promised.Still have to get my highway bars and luggage rack put on when they come in, hope that will be tomorrow. Our little group is going to try to have a short ride before I start school next week. But it depends on the rain.........hope we get one so we can ride.

Well........today I went completely crazy I guess........I bought a new motorcycle. Yes , that is right ....a new motorcycle. I got a Yamaha 1700 Road Star Silverado. It is a two tone Silver and Blue.....a really good looking bike. It has lots of horsepower and will move right on down the road. Will take me a little time to get use to all the features ,but I like it already. Going to add a few more extras , like highway bars and a luggage rack, but it is pretty much loaded.
Ill put a picture on here as soon as I can get one down loaded.
Hope to get many hours and miles out of this new bike ...loved my Honda but just time to move to a bigger bike.
"Keep the shiny side up and the wheels rollin".......see you down the highways.