Ride across the USA

[Django]

Sunday morning when I started my ride from Two Wheels of Suches to Houtman, I met those beauties and had to stop for a picture.



Then again had a gorgeous ride thru the hills and valleys of the south Appalachians.



Finally reached the Blue Ridge Parkway.



After passing the highest point of the Blue Ridge Parkway, I exited and started to surf down and up the sideways which was really fun. This is a waterfall at highway 275.



At Houtman we changed oil and got new tires. Thanks a lot to Houtman for the great hospitality! I'm really overwhelmed!



Monday was a day without riding. We visited Biltmore Estate, very impressive!







Today we met A-man at the Blue Ridge Parkway to ride to Mount Mitchel. Here 2 Bikes are waiting for the third, but just a few minutes.



We stopped at some outlooks



and made it to the highest point east of Mississippi.





Good idea of A-man, to surf the Diamond Back. That was fun. Then we had lunch at Little Switzerland, enjoying the view.



At the way home a black bear crossed the road in front of us. A small one, probably not a year old. Remarkable as I've never seen a bear in the wild before.

Houtmans wife cooked us a very good dinner and now I'm planning for tomorrow, to go West to the Smoky Mountains.

For details of the route of the last days see my track so far:
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@Inhouse Bob: I head west tomorrow to visit the Smoky Mountains the next 2 days. Guess I will camp at Iron Horse for 2 nights. I will not be in the Washington DC area before weekend. I have to be in Elisabeth near New York City in the morning of July 15 to ship my bike.

@Cormanus: The tire made it for 7,384 km. It was not as dead as the last one, still street legal, but worn out enough to change. At Houtman was the perfect place to do so.