Man its cold, we crawl out of our tents around 530am at Otter creek,,temp in the high 30s. Head down to the restroom wash face and hands, break camp load the bikes and look for a hot cup of coffee. The campground had a store with a small restaurant, yes coffee and hotcakes. We meet a nice older fellow from Great Britain. He told us he comes to The Blue Ridge every year to ride his bicycle and camp. I hope to see him on a future trip, he had a lot of stories.
We finish breakfast and head out, stopping at Otter lake for pictures...The fog rolling off the lake. Today is a big mile day, cool weather did not stop us from making good miles. Mid day the sun is out,,open up the throttle,,and look up just in time to see a bear run across the road right in front of me...Brake,,downshift,,breath....a mile or so down the road I pull over at Mabry mill to talk with Steve,,let the heart rate come back to normal... What a rush!!! We take a short break, grab a snack and get back on the road.
It is getting late when we arrive at The Blue Ridge Campground, 9 pm.. We are cold, almost out of fuel,,and hungry. This is a motorcycle only campground,,what a great place. We rent a cabin for the night,,because tomorrow we have a new problem..fuel. A recent hurricane has left the area out of fuel...
