Slayed the dragon Day 10

The tail of the dragon is in Deal's Gap in the Smokey Mountains. Thats where it is but riding it is another story WOW it is one of the most amazing roads I have ever been on -11 miles 311 or so switch back turns.....2nd gear most of the way WOW, WOW, WOW. and all of this incredible riding without even blinking haha!!! Since this is "Thunder in the Valley" week the roads were full of all sorts of b ikers. The sport bikers were particularly neat to watch as they navigated the turns with their knees almost touching the ground - kind of like Jason does on Super Bikers (speed channel - Big Dog's favorite:) All pretty cool!!!! When we got to Maggie Valley we were even able to find a room and then walked our sorry butts over to Hardtails Saloon for lunch. Come to think of it, a sore butt isn't a bad price to pay to see places like this. Now tonight there is a lot of live music to choose from and since most of it will be the shit kicking kind I guess we will have to wear our boots haha! I suppose we will even see our share of some wild and crazy characters - what a town!!!! I will be sure to grab a couple of aspirins before calling it a night - ouch my aching head!!! Tomorrow we will shake off all of that dust and will be off to see Dad, Kashmire, and our NC family Yea!!! You have to hear this place...a second ago about 20 bikes just ROARED past our room - shiver me timbers - that was LOUD - now this is truly Hog Heaven. I will be off the computer while in NC. Will pick up again on Monday when we leave there - till then - have a great weekend and make some noise - Smoking Flame and hard to slow down Big Dog. PS you can find out some cool information if you google Tail of the Dragon