Once again dear readers
God did it rain over night... Lots of thunder and lightning... Everything wet.... but it had to be packed....
Well what started out as being a short ride ended up as a long day... I left the camp site at about 10am as three sets of campers came over to chat.. Mostly about the bike, and one chap was from Edgeware and is working in Altlanta - nice guy... Once I was away I headed up to Sylva and then the Blue Mountain Parkway .. But as I had time on my hands I thought I would visit Cherokee... For the history etc ... Oh dear... Once passed Santa Land !!! It was not too good but it does have a huge casino ... WTF I thought.. And about turned... Back onto the Parkway and head for the camp site.... But that was closed...
By this time I was at 6000 feet the temperature was very cold... I stopped to add another layer... Only to be trapped by a lady on a scooter and she just wanted to chat about how difficult it was the do slow turns with an auto clutch !...
I finally got off the mountain and tried to find a camp site - round and around and found two but they were full.. So I back tracked to Asheville and found a rugged site near Canton.... Arrived at about 6:30pm. Nice view of Americans at play.. Loud, large and cooking hot dogs and burgers...
I am now cooking supper of pasta and Campbell's Chicken Marsala.... The temperature is dropping ( thanks God for the Dyer & Butler fleece ) and I am loosing the light..... I must take a walk up the hill to savour the delights of the showers etc.... Nite nite.
Odometer reading 69902..