Sunday dawned bright and, should I say it? Sunny! and cold.
The dashboard thermometer read 47 degrees so I opted to leave the top firmly up and the heater on for the first part of the trip.
Three of us were heading back to Hickory , so we opted to travel together. We stopped to fuel up and discussed our route, and it turned out
Instead we headed up alongside the Nantahala River on Highway 74 to Cherokee and got on the Blue Ridge Parkway towards Asheville from there.
We didn't quite make it to Asheville, though. In a search for facilities we got off on NC state road 215 heading south and found a treasure.
We made a quick stop for lunch at Brevard and
caught Interstate 26 just past there, and then on to Interstate 40 and finally split up in Hickory bound for our respective homes.
When the trip was through I had 945 miles on the trip meter and had been away for two full
I certainly needed the break, and I'm looking forward to the next time we go run the Dragon.
4 comments:
6000'. The air finally gets breathable about there. A good starting point for going up.
(I miss Colorado...) :)
Sounds like a good trip.
Q
I long for 47 degrees...
L: Temperature or latitude?
Q
(Don't mind us, Larry...)
Q, I find I prefer the Appalachians. The Rockies are just too...rocky.
Laura, notice the red car in the bottom photo? That's mine. See the top? No? That's cause it doesn't have one in that picture, it comes down so that you can enjoy the warm sun. 47 degrees is bad.
Thanks for dropping by you two, play nice.
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