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CarGuru > Open discussion > Blue Ridge Parkway)OT) 7 April 2005 14:18:49
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Blue Ridge Parkway)OT)

Robert Black 4 April 2005 04:36:09
 Thinking of doing a Harley trip in June,Id love to do this drive,all 500 and
some miles of it.
Jeff Dewitt,Freddy,you guys must know all about it.Pretty great ride?


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Jeff Rice 4 April 2005 04:58:59 [ permanent link ]
 Awesome ride.
Just dress warm, but you'ze Canucks know that <g>..


"Robert Black" wrote...> Thinking of doing a Harley trip in June,Id love to do this drive,all 500 > and some miles of it.> Jeff Dewitt,Freddy,you guys must know all about it.Pretty great ride?>


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Blacklarkviii 4 April 2005 05:18:13 [ permanent link ]
 It might be a good idea to check with the Park officials. They had a lot of
damage last year right before the NCSDC meet in Asheville. I have heard it
is going to take over into the summer to get it all opened back up.

Henry
"Robert Black" <transtar56@eastlin­k.ca> wrote in message
news:ZZ%3e.170964$f­c4.92820@edtnps89...­> Thinking of doing a Harley trip in June,Id love to do this drive,all 500 > and some miles of it.> Jeff Dewitt,Freddy,you guys must know all about it.Pretty great ride?>


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Freddy Badgett 4 April 2005 05:31:25 [ permanent link ]
 blacklarkviii <hwalterjr@ wrote:> It might be a good idea to check with the Park


http://www.blueridg­eparkway.org/

There ya' go!

Freddy
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Studeman 4 April 2005 05:32:53 [ permanent link ]
 Go here for any info you need:

http://www.google.c­om/search?hl=en&q=Bl­ue+ridge+parkway&btn­G=Google+Search

Official Site:
http://www.nps.gov/­blri/

The closed sections are only a few miles (less than 10 each), and easily
navigated around.

Ray

blacklarkviii> It might be a good idea to check with the Park officials. They had a lot of > damage last year right before the NCSDC meet in Asheville. I have heard it > is going to take over into the summer to get it all opened back up.>
Henry> "Robert Black" <transtar56@eastlin­k.ca> wrote in message > news:ZZ%3e.170964$f­c4.92820@edtnps89...­>
Thinking of doing a Harley trip in June,Id love to do this drive,all 500 >>and some miles of it.>>Jeff Dewitt,Freddy,you guys must know all about it.Pretty great ride?>>

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Robert Black 4 April 2005 05:54:59 [ permanent link ]
 Thanks Freddy,thats the site I was reading today.
Theres a thread going on over on the E-Bay message board where people from
around the US and Canada are talking about their favorite bike rides,and
this is one of the best according to them.
"Freddy Badgett" <bbadgett@triad.rr.­com> wrote in message
news:NN04e.14796$9v­2.534546@twister.sou­theast.rr.com...> blacklarkviii <hwalterjr@ wrote:>> It might be a good idea to check with the Park>
http://www.blueridg­eparkway.org/>
There ya' go!>
Freddy


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Jeff DeWitt 4 April 2005 06:52:43 [ permanent link ]
 Robert, the Blue Ridge Parkway is one of my favorite roads in the world.
Beautiful road, stunning views, tunnels, the Lynn Cove Viaduct, hiking
trails, camping, just a wonderful place. When you do have to get off it
US 221 pretty much runs parallel to it, and that is an interesting old
mountain highway and fun to drive too.

Have fun, and don't forget Skyline Drive.

Jeff DeWitt

Robert Black wrote:
Thinking of doing a Harley trip in June,Id love to do this drive,all 500 and > some miles of it.> Jeff Dewitt,Freddy,you guys must know all about it.Pretty great ride? >
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Midlant@Earthlink.Net 4 April 2005 10:59:16 [ permanent link ]
 Paul,

Would it give any excitement to someone jaded with driving California
Highway 1
and the Sierras?
I've heard about it, but that's a long way to go just for a pretty
drive.

Karl

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Jbreen 4 April 2005 16:27:39 [ permanent link ]
 Great ride !

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Paul Johnson 4 April 2005 20:39:54 [ permanent link ]
 
<midlant@earthlink.­net> wrote in message
news:1112597956.744­384.31660@z14g2000cw­z.googlegroups.com..­.> Paul,>
Would it give any excitement to someone jaded with driving California> Highway 1> and the Sierras?> I've heard about it, but that's a long way to go just for a pretty> drive.>
It's been a few years since I drove California 1 from Monterrey to the
Hearst Castle, but my recollection is that it is a more exciting drive than
Skyline Drive/Blue Ridge Parkway. They are both great rides.
Paul Johnson


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Bigbob62 5 April 2005 22:20:53 [ permanent link ]
 I drove that Cal 1 from HalfMoon Bay to Monterrey and Pebble Beach once
about 15 years ago. It was the most beautiful drive I'd ever taken.

Until we'd go around a curve on the mountainside and be in fog so dense
you couldn't see the guardrails....much less the 200-300 ft drop down
to the ocean just on the other side of that guardrail...then it bacame
the scariest drive I"d ever taken!!

All in all...I"d still do it again in a heartbeat!! I have some of the
most gorgeous photos I've ever taken anywhere!

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Midlant@Earthlink.Net 5 April 2005 22:50:26 [ permanent link ]
 That road is so famous, but a shorter, and more frightening (for the
few who tend to be that way) is going north of SanFran on Cal Hwy 1 to
Fort Ross to visit.
Then come back a few miles to 12, head inland over the mountains and
pick up the road to Calistoga and tour the wine country back to SF.

I do not advise fatlanders doing this in reverse, for obvious reasons!

Karl

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Jeff DeWitt 6 April 2005 05:29:19 [ permanent link ]
 I can top that, and on the Blue Ridge Parkway.

One night I was driving my Champ along the Parkway, it was a very dark
night with patches of heavy fog (actually the road was going through
CLOUDS). So I'm driving along, go around a curve into this super dense
fog... and my lights go out.

Needless to say I stopped, and after a minute the lights came back on,
so a cautiously continued on my way. A couple of minutes later the
lights went out again. I finally figured out that if I didn't use the
brights the lights would stay on (and of course I didn't use the brights
in the dense fog!), and I got back to my motel without further incident.

I've since added some wiring and a relay so the halogen high beams no
longer trip the breaker.

Jeff DeWitt

Bigbob62 wrote:> I drove that Cal 1 from HalfMoon Bay to Monterrey and Pebble Beach once> about 15 years ago. It was the most beautiful drive I'd ever taken.>
Until we'd go around a curve on the mountainside and be in fog so dense> you couldn't see the guardrails....much less the 200-300 ft drop down> to the ocean just on the other side of that guardrail...then it bacame> the scariest drive I"d ever taken!!>
All in all...I"d still do it again in a heartbeat!! I have some of the> most gorgeous photos I've ever taken anywhere!>
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Ron 6 April 2005 16:04:58 [ permanent link ]
 That's bad, Jeff, but vision bit o' fun Jane and I experienced last
year in Ireland:

Leaving Dingle (fire away, Calvin!) and heading towards
Castlegregory....
We are on a Very Twisty 1 1/2 lane 'road' about 200 feet above Dingle
Bay. No shoulders, just rock walls at the road's edge. Driving on the
left side in a RHD car. Sheep in the road, sheep falling off the
mountain into the road. Sheep falling into Dingle Bay I suppose as
well. As we are climbing up the pass we entered some really dense fog,
and could barely see, when all of the sudden we do see
something...Headlig­hts. On a tour bus. A BIG US sized tour bus! And
coming at us fast!


Let's just say that when we returned the car, we are glad the rental
agency didn't look at the left side of the car, or at the bottoms of
the car seats!

Ron







On Wed, 06 Apr 2005 01:29:19 GMT, Jeff DeWitt <JeffDeWitt@nc.rr.c­om>
wrote:
I can top that, and on the Blue Ridge Parkway.>
One night I was driving my Champ along the Parkway, it was a very dark >night with patches of heavy fog (actually the road was going through >CLOUDS). So I'm driving along, go around a curve into this super dense >fog... and my lights go out.>
Needless to say I stopped, and after a minute the lights came back on, >so a cautiously continued on my way. A couple of minutes later the >lights went out again. I finally figured out that if I didn't use the >brights the lights would stay on (and of course I didn't use the brights >in the dense fog!), and I got back to my motel without further incident.>
I've since added some wiring and a relay so the halogen high beams no >longer trip the breaker.>
Jeff DeWitt>
Bigbob62 wrote:>> I drove that Cal 1 from HalfMoon Bay to Monterrey and Pebble Beach once>> about 15 years ago. It was the most beautiful drive I'd ever taken.>>
Until we'd go around a curve on the mountainside and be in fog so dense>> you couldn't see the guardrails....much less the 200-300 ft drop down>> to the ocean just on the other side of that guardrail...then it bacame>> the scariest drive I"d ever taken!!>>
All in all...I"d still do it again in a heartbeat!! I have some of the>> most gorgeous photos I've ever taken anywhere!>>

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Midlant@Earthlink.Net 6 April 2005 19:49:27 [ permanent link ]
 My first experience driving on the left was after 24 hours w/o sleep. I
had to work my way across London on narrow streets, with my wifen
having hads the good sense to fall asleep.
All went fine tjhereafter until a week later when driving avcross what
seemed to be a narrow bridge another driver came from the other
direction. I said to myself, "If I go slow we will probably survice."
We did.

Karl
Ron wrote:> That's bad, Jeff, but vision bit o' fun Jane and I experienced last> year in Ireland:>

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Itraseecab@Aol.Com 7 April 2005 05:01:54 [ permanent link ]
 I called about the damage a couple of weeks ago, as I am planning to
put on the Pre Tri State tour again, using the Parkway. I was told
that the parkway should be complete reopened by the end of the summer
and that my September dates should be okay. The end of the summer seems
to mean the end of August.
Joe Roberts

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Itraseecab@Aol.Com 7 April 2005 05:07:36 [ permanent link ]
 Robert, also do not forget to climb Mt. Mitchell. It is the tallest
peak east of the Mississippi. Very steep climb from the parkway, but
worth the time. Great views from the top! Joe Roberts

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Lee Aanderud 7 April 2005 05:17:40 [ permanent link ]
 Is I-40 part of that? When I was coming back the southbound lane looked
like it was still in the process of sliding down the side of the mountain,
at one point it was completely gone. This was about 40 miles north of
Asheville.

Lee

<itraseecab@aol.com­> wrote in message
news:1112835714.300­508.69000@l41g2000cw­c.googlegroups.com..­.>I called about the damage a couple of weeks ago, as I am planning to> put on the Pre Tri State tour again, using the Parkway. I was told> that the parkway should be complete reopened by the end of the summer> and that my September dates should be okay. The end of the summer seems> to mean the end of August.> Joe Roberts>


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Robert Black 7 April 2005 14:18:49 [ permanent link ]
 Thanks Joe,Ill remember that.
<itraseecab@aol.com­> wrote in message
news:1112836056.800­999.215410@l41g2000c­wc.googlegroups.com.­..> Robert, also do not forget to climb Mt. Mitchell. It is the tallest> peak east of the Mississippi. Very steep climb from the parkway, but> worth the time. Great views from the top! Joe Roberts>


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