On Tuesday, November 3, 2015 at 9:38:29 AM UTC-5, Mr. Luddite wrote:
On 11/3/2015 6:50 AM, John H. wrote:
On Mon, 02 Nov 2015 22:37:23 -0500, wrote:

On Mon, 2 Nov 2015 18:16:29 -0800, Califbill billnews wrote:


I remember the movie last of the Mohicans, filmed near Ashland. Looked
like beautiful country.

That whole Smokey/Blue Ridge area is very similar, all the way from
Georgia up to West Virginia. You pretty much have to be a botanist to
tell the difference in the vegetation. It is really nice up there.
That was a great motorcycle ride from DC up into the GW forest.

Are you talking about 211 up and over the mountains? That used to be a fun ride, but
now the traffic is so miserable that the joy is gone. The Skyline Drive would be a
nice ride if they'd raise the speed limit by about 20mph. That 35mph limit is no fun,
and it's enforced.

The Blue Ridge Parkway is a fun ride. The speed limit is 45, but the cops will let
you go 10 over with no trouble.
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I have a cousin who made the trip south last month towing a travel
trailer. They did the Skyline Drive and said it took 4 hours to go 60
miles.

In nice summer weather those mountain roads can get really busy. We were lucky... we left Highlands about 9:30 Sunday morning. Taking rt 28 down into SC there's about 30 miles of switchback mountain roads, and I had zero traffic. I was very happy with the A6's ability on those roads. Nothing like my old Boxster, but still fun.