Ride today to the Pisgah Inn, BRP

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Still getting adjusted to living in Clayton, NE Georgia.

Being a 100 miles closer to some parts of the SE has really been a game changer when deciding where to ride to.

What would have been a 207 mile one way ride from my old home in Roswell is now, TA-DA, 90 miles one way.

So up and on the road at 9a.m. having fueled up at the gas station just 1 mile away from me.



Plus there's no 8 to 6 to 4 lane crap to fight traffic and stop lights.

I'm straight into this on Warwoman Rd. The following is just a small sample of the smiles to be had on this road.












Yep that's the road to the right of the photo.



http://www.aboutnorthgeorgia.com/ang/Origin_of_the_Warwoman_Road_Name

[Bighead]

  great area Britman.

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At the end of Warwoman turn right and ride south on Hwy 28.

I could have posted more photos but they would have looked like the ones above.  It's a tough life but someone has to ride these roads.

Hwy 28 and north on Hwy 107. This is just as curvy as a mash up of Gina, Raquel and Sophia but with some rough grooves from when the DOT chip sealed this road 5 or 7 years ago. The unwary may think they've got a rear flat.



Along 107 there's a short section of state Rd 1343 (maybe) that links with what becomes NC 281.

In SC - yep, this a 3 state ride today - there's a good overlook giving views of Lake Jocassee.




https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Jocassee

[hubcapsc]

Wigington Road, and the lake that looks like a Christmas tree...

-Mike

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281 merges with Hwy 64 the main route from Franklin NC to Hendersonville, NC.

Tourist traveled it is getting some straightening meaning the current road surface has been let go and is terrible in parts.











it's only about 6 miles of this before I turn left onto Hwy 215.

This is a zip, zap, zoom ride up to the BRP.



One minor hiccup with a new bridge being put in palce.

[Strider]

Great report - great shots!

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At this point the camera battery died leaving me wearing it around my neck like a lead weight.

The Brp is beautiful. Anyone who has driven/ridden and disagrees has to have a heart of stone and a soul of lead.


Overlook at The Devils Courthouse




http://www.stayandplayinthesmokies.com/vendor/devils-courthouse-blue-ridge-parkway/


This is the view from the deck at the Pisgah Inn.




http://www.pisgahinn.com/






That's the BRP to the right.




https://youtu.be/7AZLk_smEZM


Lunch was not as good as the view.  

I've eaten breakfast here a few times and that has been better.

The Brussel sprouts were as tough as old leather. The meatloaf and gravy were of institutional quality and the dessert was obliviously from SYSCO or another supplier.

F'it. Today is about the ride.

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Outbound route

https://goo.gl/maps/4CRQcaypVoy

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After lunch headed south on the BRP I took a side road up to

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Balsam_Knob



https://youtu.be/lRkzeamwivY


That's the BRP below



Then southwards to Hwy 215 south.

A turn west on to Charley's Creek Rd takes me to Hwy 107 again. South towards Lake Glenville but a detour over the top of the lake via Pine Creek Rd leads to Walnut Creek Rd which empties out on to Hwy 64 Franklin/Highlands.

I toss a mental coin and turn towards Highlands.


AAAARRRRGGGGHHHH!

Wrong choice as I'm behind a white mini van with a Kentucky licence plate that finds it impossible to keep up to the posted speed nor between the whit eline on the right and the center line.

I know I could have pulled over and waited but i'm always inclined to stick behind the devil I know than risk getting stuck behind an unknown.

All the bloody way to Highlands passing multiple place to pull over to allow the traffic behind them to pass by.

The ride behind waterfall access on 64 is still closed following a rock collapse a few years ago.

South to Dillard and home for an inbound trip of about 93 miles.

It aint the quantity it's the quality and today my quality basket overflowed.

About 40 minutes after I got home this blew through Clayton.  

View from my front deck.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkG324kZV9M&feature=youtu.be

[Bighead]

Hey Paul a good ride an a so-so meal
Makes for a pretty good day

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Hey Paul a good ride an a so-so meal
Makes for a pretty good day

[DDT (12)]

Paul,

Great report! I share your sentiment about the BRP... anybody who doesn't like it must have a heart of stone and a soul of lead... One of my favorites in all the world I've ever seen and/or ridden! Thanks for posting the story and the pics!!!

DDT

[Thunderbolt]

On a hot day this is a good respite as you can cool off in the water.  Takes just a few minutes to walk to the creek/falls area.

https://www.romanticasheville.com/graveyard.htm

[Jess from VA]

Thanks Paul.   

[Serk]

[Smokinjoe-VRCCDS#0005]

Wigington Road, and the lake that looks like a Christmas tree...

-Mike

South Carolina should call this " Christmas Tree Lake " IMO .  I've rode by here several times over the years..... Mike is this the lake you posted years ago that had the headstones under water ?

[Smokinjoe-VRCCDS#0005]

Great ride report Mate    Thanks for taking the time to share the ride ( nice pictures ) .

[MAD6Gun]

 Good report. I have been one the BRP a few times now. Wife and I rode from Cherokee to the pisgah inn a couple of years  ago. Was a fantastic ride.  The scenery was beutiful. My brother and I rode a small section north of Roanoke last week. Nice scenery but not as curvy. Some day I would like to ride one end to the other.   

[Smokinjoe-VRCCDS#0005]

Good report. I have been one the BRP a few times now. Wife and I rode from Cherokee to the pisgah inn a couple of years  ago. Was a fantastic ride.  The scenery was beutiful. My brother and I rode a small section north of Roanoke last week. Nice scenery but not as curvy. Some day I would like to ride one end to the other.   

We've rode the entire 469 miles of The Blue Ridge Parkway many times and time is always a issue if wanting to do it on a weekend. For us we bust ass up the super slab and spend the night in Waynesboro, Va and hit the BRP at mile post 0 . You can do it in two days however three is much better if you like checking out the overlooks. Sparta, NC is a good mid-stream stop its where we do " The Meet In The Middle Ride " every year. Picture below taken at Raven Roost at mile post 10 one of my favorite overlooks.

[f6john]

Really enjoyed the pictures, great scenery to take in. I thought you were riding a different bike now, an ST 1300 or something??

[Bigwolf]

Briman,
Nice ride report.  Thanks for making the effort to share that with the rest of us.

Bigwolf

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Good report. I have been one the BRP a few times now. Wife and I rode from Cherokee to the pisgah inn a couple of years  ago. Was a fantastic ride.  The scenery was beutiful. My brother and I rode a small section north of Roanoke last week. Nice scenery but not as curvy. Some day I would like to ride one end to the other.   

I've ridden from Cherokee to the end and turned around and ridden back to Cherokee half a dozen times.

Last year we got "stopped" at Roanoke by the crap roadworks and sloppy use of gravel.

This year the gravel is being spread on the southern part of the BRP. Yesterday it started just north of the Pisgah Inn.

[MAD6Gun]

Good report. I have been one the BRP a few times now. Wife and I rode from Cherokee to the pisgah inn a couple of years  ago. Was a fantastic ride.  The scenery was beutiful. My brother and I rode a small section north of Roanoke last week. Nice scenery but not as curvy. Some day I would like to ride one end to the other.   

I've ridden from Cherokee to the end and turned around and ridden back to Cherokee half a dozen times.

Last year we got "stopped" at Roanoke by the crap roadworks and sloppy use of gravel.

This year the gravel is being spread on the southern part of the BRP. Yesterday it started just north of the Pisgah Inn.

Good to know because the wife and I will be visiting her aunt and uncle in Luttrell TN. Plan on taking the bike and riding the BRP from Cherokee to the Inn again. Hopefully they don't gravel any farther south than the Inn by then. Fingers crossed.....

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Good report. I have been one the BRP a few times now. Wife and I rode from Cherokee to the pisgah inn a couple of years  ago. Was a fantastic ride.  The scenery was beutiful. My brother and I rode a small section north of Roanoke last week. Nice scenery but not as curvy. Some day I would like to ride one end to the other.   

I've ridden from Cherokee to the end and turned around and ridden back to Cherokee half a dozen times.

Last year we got "stopped" at Roanoke by the crap roadworks and sloppy use of gravel.

This year the gravel is being spread on the southern part of the BRP. Yesterday it started just north of the Pisgah Inn.

Good to know because the wife and I will be visiting her aunt and uncle in Luttrell TN. Plan on taking the bike and riding the BRP from Cherokee to the Inn again. Hopefully they don't gravel any farther south than the Inn by then. Fingers crossed.....

https://www.nps.gov/blri/learn/news/nc-pavement-preservation.htm

[Rain Man]

We live over in Seneca, SC and ride the roads you listed just yesterday. Had lunch at Hiawassee and took 64 to Franklin, 23 to Clayton, Warwoman to 28 and then home. Message me and we can meet up sometime.

[3fan4life]

Good report. I have been one the BRP a few times now. Wife and I rode from Cherokee to the pisgah inn a couple of years  ago. Was a fantastic ride.  The scenery was beutiful. My brother and I rode a small section north of Roanoke last week. Nice scenery but not as curvy. Some day I would like to ride one end to the other.   

I've ridden from Cherokee to the end and turned around and ridden back to Cherokee half a dozen times.

Last year we got "stopped" at Roanoke by the crap roadworks and sloppy use of gravel.

This year the gravel is being spread on the southern part of the BRP. Yesterday it started just north of the Pisgah Inn.

Good to know because the wife and I will be visiting her aunt and uncle in Luttrell TN. Plan on taking the bike and riding the BRP from Cherokee to the Inn again. Hopefully they don't gravel any farther south than the Inn by then. Fingers crossed.....

https://www.nps.gov/blri/learn/news/nc-pavement-preservation.htm

I know that in VA they are putting this crap over pavement that doesn't need anything done to it and it's worse after they finish that it was before they started.

It seems that the Federal Government can't do anything without Effing it up.

Some Senator or Congressman's son in law probably owns the paving company.