Day 6 - Thursday, June 21, 2007

Let's just get where we need to be.....

After saying good-bye to our good friends and then loading up our bikes, we made the decision just to bypass the Asheville part of the Blue Ridge. We got on I-40 and headed west. We got off the interstate at Waynesville North Carolina at about the same spot where we would have gotten off the Parkway. We went to the Harley dealer :-). After some browsing, we asked the clerk for recommendations for lunch. She not only provided one clear answer but gave us the rundown on the specials for the day at Clyde's. So it was off to Clyde's for lunch where the plate special was in the $6.00 range. Do we know how to live or what? We weren't far from the cabin we had rented but it was still a little early to check in so we killed time at the super Wal-Mart in Sylva. Since Sylva was about the closest place to our cabin, it gave us a chance to look around and get a feel for our excursions for groceries, restaurants, etc. Our cabin, we had been assured, was on a paved road and fully motorcycle assessible. Well, the road was paved but the cabin compound was gravel and not easy to drive on gravel - you bikers know the difference. We did the short incline into the compound and breathed a sigh of relief - no one dumped. We checked in and cabin was very nice including views of mountains, hot tubs, laundry facilities, and at night bonfire with marshmallows (didn't enjoy or need a bonfire though when daytime temperatures reached the upper 90's). We had plans to eat some meals in the cabin but not all so we did the two-up ride (or as my sister-in-law Wanda calls it - we sissied up) back to Sylva that evening.

Highlights: Clyde's