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Nice mountain getaway...
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. -- Ban idiots, not guns! 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. |
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Nice mountain getaway...
On Tue, 3 Nov 2015 09:38:19 -0500, "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. -- Ban idiots, not guns! 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. A lot of lookers up there, especially on a weekend. -- Ban idiots, not guns! |
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