Deals Gap / Foothills Parkway Sept 13, 2022

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55 degrees as I backed out of the garage at 10.30 a.m.

Heavy coat on. Heavy gloves. Dumbass. I had to take the liner out once I was riding at a lower elevation. AND I left my lighter weight gloves in the garage. Hot, moist hands all day.

Deals Gap was busy. Lots of foreign accents. Canadian, Spanish, Italian, Florida.

The western end of the Foothills Parkway has been repaved and the construction work is nearly finished apart for a traffic light controlled short section of bridge work.

Many of the overlooks have been enlarged.

GSMNP was slammed. Doesn't anyone have to work anymore?

Home at 5.

Beautiful weather.

https://www.relive.cc/view/v26MXgmeZ3O

Some photos not in the Relive replay.

Fontana Lake



Fontana Dam.



Look Rock Overlook



20 cents cheaper than home in Townsend TN



Mile High Overlook just off the BRP.

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Deals Gap was busy. Lots of foreign accents. Canadian, Spanish, Italian, Florida.


Mile High Overlook just off the BRP.

Nice report  This picture in particular is very nice... calendar-worthy? 

Just curious, what do you define as a Canadian accent (Quebecois, Maritimes?) They are most definitely distinct. It always seemed interesting to me that many times when I've travelled to the many different parts of the US I've been to over the decades, whether it be to places like Boston, NY, Kentucky, Texas, etc, or even to more Central or Northern/Western states... my what I've always considered to be a pretty bland and generic form of English could be seen as having a distinct "accent".

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Nice report  This picture in particular is very nice... calendar-worthy? 

Just curious, what do you define as a Canadian accent (Quebecois, Maritimes?) They are most definitely distinct. It always seemed interesting to me that many times when I've travelled to the many different parts of the US I've been to over the decades, whether it be to places like Boston, NY, Kentucky, Texas, etc, or even to more Central or Northern/Western states... my what I've always considered to be a pretty bland and generic form of English could be seen as having a distinct "accent".
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A leetle French or a sprinkling of Eh? Eh?   

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I hope when I grow up I'm able to be somewhere with fun roads in my back yard like you have...

And when someone says Texas accent, I ask "Which one? Northern rural, Northern urban, Houstonite, West Texas Oil, East Texas bayou, East Texas pine, etc. etc. etc..." 

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https://youtu.be/kLYIooS0t5U

https://youtu.be/c6BgzOlHg1s

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And when someone says Texas accent, I ask "Which one? Northern rural, Northern urban, Houstonite, West Texas Oil, East Texas bayou, East Texas pine, etc. etc. etc..." 

I've been to Houston, San Antonio, DFW, and Alvarado TX...I didn't notice a lot of differences, just a lot of "Uh Huh's", "Y'all's", and "Everything's big in Texas's" 

Canadian "eh's" come mostly from Central and Eastern Canucks, though us Westerners have been known to throw out one every now and then. When I travelled a lot for work in the US and even now riding in the US, I think I conscientiously tried to not to utter one, as it seems so "Canadian cliché"...but I'm sure the odd one slipped out now and then 

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Fantastic riding area.
Florida accent? Maybe north Fl. cracker.