Up early today, but spend the morning milling around the campground. Every gas station in the area is out of fuel and the VTX is on fumes,,not good. We hear a station 20 miles away has gas,,I buy a gallon of gas off the owner of the campground,,what a great guy,, he saves my hide that morning..The VTX gets an average of 43 mpg. The town is only 20 miles away,,but if we do not get there before they run out I am in trouble. We make in time, but have to wait an hour in line for fuel. I make a call to Tn. I am told finding fuel there is not a problem,,great!! Back on the Blue Ridge to finish that part of the ride,,we stop at the highest point for a picture,,then off to the Smokies.
We stop in Cherokee for lunch, and to top off our tanks. We make our way to Robbinsville NC. where we pick up the Cherohala skyway, ride it to the end in Tellico Plains TN. We turn our bikes north to Maryville Tn. where we find a hotel and call it a night. It has been a great adventure..but in the morning we head home..At the hotel we drink a cold beer and talk about what a week it has been,,,a bit sad about the trip coming to an end.
The next morning,,we head north to Ohio,,,,8 hrs later I pull into my drive...
