NC Bike Trip

A highlight of this summer so far was a two week trip to the North Carolina cottage. We didn't fool around on our way as we had planned because the weather in the mid-west was HOT. Once in the NC mountains, however, things cooled down nicely. We spent plenty of time on the Parkway, stopping to see sights such as Doughton Park, the Blue Ridge Music Center, and Mount Mitchell, but mostly just enjoying the ride. Tropical storm Cindy decided to make landfall at the end of our adventure just as we arrived in Maggie Valley to visit the Wheels Through Time museum. We beat a hasty retreat home outrunning the storm as far as central Indiana; after that it was just wet.

Some photo & video highlights:

At the Cascades waterfall

Cascades Wayside

More Cascades

At the Mount Mitchell restaurant for pie!

Boy, that pie was good!

At the top

Somewhere along the Parkway

Along the Parkway

Enjoying the beautiful riding

Parkway rest stop

Lost again?

A few moments of Parkway riding bliss

Cummins State park in Tennessee where Gary impressed us with his telescopic vision.

A bit of rain & fog at Doughton park

John making Gary feel tall

The rain & fog was not friendly to an unsealed accessory horn relay

No garage at the cottage

But the sunsets were spectacular

Hamming it up at Kerr Scott lake

Being serious at Kerr Scott lake (?)

Sometimes Gary's extraordinary vision needed help

Even the wildlife cooperated