5/28/2010 Great Smoky Mountains

Up and out early, I want to reach Kentucky today. I push hard all morning and make Cherokee Nc. by 12:45 260 miles of great weather. Now the sky is dark, I hear thunder and see lightning, but so far no rain. I put on my rain gear, grab my full face helmet and head into Great Smoky Mountain national park. This is a nice ride, I stop a few times for pictures but with the sky looking this dark ,,do not stay too long. I come out of the park and turn towards Pigeon Forge and the sky lets loose. So much for making Kentucky today, I decide to get a room, some dinner and catch a show while I am in town.

5/29/2010

Time to go home, I decide to go straight home. I75 to Lexington , pick up rt 68 to Aberdeen Ohio up rt 41 to 32 to 23,, no sightseeing today, I am tired..it has been a great trip ,,but I am ready to end it.

5/27/2010 Drag racing museum

Thursday morning, up at 6:30 out the door 7:15. A quick stop for fuel and I am pulling onto I 75 by 7:30. I usually avoid Interstates but want to get a jump on the day and decide to ride it to Ocala. An hour and a half later I am pulling into Big Daddy Don Garlits Drag Racing museum in Ocala. I have been here once before, 1991. This is a nice break, about an hour or so of looking around and taking pictures. There are 3 rooms in the main building and a gift shop , added in 1994 is a second building full of classic cars. well this has been a fun stop, but it's time to get back on the road,top off the tank and go.

I leave town on route 441, I will follow this route all the way to Pigeon forge. But tonight I stop in Dublin Ga. about 365 miles for the day. I found a nice steak house and have dinner,,steak and broiled shrimp,,,yup,,thats a great way to end a long day.