Riding amongst the rain showers
Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2017 12:54 pmI caught up with a riding buddy I had not seen in a long time. He got a rare opening in his schedule so we planned the weekend in the hills. We Did 500 miles Sat-Sun in the mtns and got rained on for 5 miles Sunday around Mars Hill. Rained all over the usual Riding area for me ( Yancey/Mitchell/Madison) Saturday so we knew the weather tendancies from reading the surface maps and went N to Rogersville TN and rode Tn 347 then 66 & TN 70. Fun Stuff, Saw black skies over Johnson City on the way back, went south then east and stayed dry. Stayed at the Lynn Lodge Saturday night. Nice place although they did run out of food for dinner Sat night 
Wandered over to the LS Inn for a nice but $40 dinner Uggh.
Sunday we did a loop over to Hot Springs and did 209 and 63 to 1001 back to Marshall. We skirted most of the rain Sunday until we got caught under a cloud for 5 miles. We could see the sunny skies ahead, just had to get there. note to self : going bald rear tire and rain make for interesting acceleration
Point being, some days you just have to make the commitment and dodge the rain using the radar and cloud navigation. Oh and if you find yourself west of Jonesborough TN on the two lane 81 not the interstate, stop at Rooster Robs. the French toast is amazing.
Wandered over to the LS Inn for a nice but $40 dinner Uggh.Sunday we did a loop over to Hot Springs and did 209 and 63 to 1001 back to Marshall. We skirted most of the rain Sunday until we got caught under a cloud for 5 miles. We could see the sunny skies ahead, just had to get there. note to self : going bald rear tire and rain make for interesting acceleration
Point being, some days you just have to make the commitment and dodge the rain using the radar and cloud navigation. Oh and if you find yourself west of Jonesborough TN on the two lane 81 not the interstate, stop at Rooster Robs. the French toast is amazing.
but my perspective was of my own. I "could" have canceled, but I didn't. I've been so often snake bit the past 2 years with rain on track days and riding trips (more than one day) that I was becoming jaded and frustrated, not remembering that riding around the rain can be fun and challenging. I don't desire to ride in all day rain, but it's going to rain in the mtns somewhere, almost any day. The key is reading the weather maps, looking at the radar and the skies. I was pleased that I got a good weekend in minus some anxiety and 5 miles of a heavy downpour Sunday.