Saturday morning was cool and clear.
We had all bought heated gear with us but none was needed. i had my heated grips turned on for the ride up and over the mountain passing by the BRP.
The original plan was to have breakfast at the Pisgah Inn but I was reminded of the diner at the intersection of 215 and 276 so we skipped the round trip to the Pisgah Inn.
The diner was empty which filled me with poor food dread but it just we where there before the breakfast rush.
Here's the route we followed. About 240 miles.
Starting in Waynesville.
South on Hwy 276 TL Racoon Rd TR Ratcliff Cove Rd
STOP TL Poison Cove Rd Stoplight TR Hwy 23 Bus TL Blackwell Dr towards
215 / I 40 Stoplight TL Champion Dr Stop Light TL Thickety Rd opp Ingles
CROSS I 40 straight becomes Crabtree Mtn Rd Stop Sign TL Stop Sign TR Hwy 209
TR Hwy 63 New Leicester Hwy TL Old Leicester Hwy 1002
TL Stop Light Old Hwy 20 becomes Jenkins Valley Rd becomes Fletcher Martin Rd
Stop Sign TR Stop Sign TR Stop Sign TL Hwy 251 Old Marshal Hwy
CROSS Bridge IMMED TR Lower Flat Creek Rd TR Lower Flat Creek Rd
IMMED TR Lower Shepherd Branch Rd CROSS Hwy 70
becomes Shepherd Branch Rd becomes New Stock Rd
Stop Sign TR Jupiter Rd before I 26 TL Old Mars Hill Rd
Stop Sign TR UNDER I26 IMMED TL By BP Stockton Rd / Old Mars Hill Rd
TR Beach Glen Rd One Lane Bridge TR Paint Fork Rd becomes Hortons Creek Rd
becomes Prices Creek Rd Yield TL CROSS Hwy 19 TL Cane River School Rd
TR 19 W TR Piney Hill Rd TR 19 W CROSS TN State Line
TL Hwy 352 UNDER I26 Old Asheville Hwy TR Hwy 352
CROSS NC State Line becomes Hwy 212 TL Hwy 208
TR Hwy 25/70 TL Hwy 209 to Hot Springs South Hwy 209
CROSS I 40 TR Hwy 74 to Waynesville.
Piney Hill Rd is a hoot. Not smooth but plenty of elevation changes with one of the sharpest switch backs I've seen for a very long time. A full size SUV wold not be able to make one of the turns without crossing the center line.
The front porch of the rental
The view from the front porch
Dinner Saturday was a simple affair. We'd eaten well in Hot Springs for a late lunch.
Dusk Saturday.
