I 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.
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