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Quickly Visiting the Blue Ridge Parkway

7/2/2011

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Utilizing our 3-day weekend, I set off with the girlfriend on my Buell Ulysses for a trip down the Blue Ridge Parkway. I'll be the first to say, we planned too many miles per day. Alone I can pretty easily travel 500-600 miles in a day, but with a passenger, 300-400 should often be the maximum. It was on this very trip, that I learned that lesson. Needless to say, we rode 1500 miles in 3 days. From home, we headed straight east, and down the Skyline Drive in the Shenandoah National Park. We then started on the Blue Ridge to a free national park campground. It was here, that I learned another lesson... the girlfriend would rather have an air mattress and no changes of clothes, rather than vice versa. Live and learn... and bring an air mattress.
The next day we traveled the rest of the way down the Blue Ridge Parkway. Towards the end it began raining, and a chill sunk deep into us both. A hotel room was in order for this night. Monday we simply traveled home, but that was still near 500 miles. In the end, it was almost 1500 miles in three days. It was beautiful and enjoyable... but 'uncomfortable' also comes to mind.
Skyline Drive was beautiful, and the northern and southern end of the Blue Ridge is always nice. The large middle section isn't as exhilarating, but it is a nice ride. I gave the Camera to my passenger, and let her take as many pictures as she wanted.
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