Blue Ridge Southern Crescent: Tellico Plains, Helen, Toccoa to Walhalla
I topped off the fuel tank in Tellico Plains, Tennessee, and gazed at the mountains to the east. My usual route would take me across the famed Cherohala Skyway to North Carolina. The bucket-list motorcycling road never disappoints riders, but I had a different adventure in mind for this trip: a crescent-shaped ride along southern…
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The Shawnee, George Washington and the Mothman All Slept Here
I came to Point Pleasant the way you often come into river towns, by riding on a road that follows a river on the left and a railroad…
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Kentucky Cruising: Chrome, Coffee and Route 23
Another winter cold snap just broke, so time to ride my new to me 2023 Triumph Bonneville, which my wife insists looks like a “Margo,” in Meridan Blue…
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Barber Vintage Festival: You Will Be Entertained
It is Thursday. But it is different from most Thursdays in my life since I am standing as close as I can to a racetrack in northern Alabama…
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Tracing the Tug: Exploring West Virginia’s Notorious River
The Tug Fork of the Big Sandy is a uniquely notorious Appalachian river, the primary setting of the infamous Hatfield and McCoy clans and their legendary feud, multiple…
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TVA Travels: Enjoying Another Dam Motorcycle Tour
Life is a balance between riding a motorcycle and not riding a motorcycle. My time spent not riding is usually devoted to other hobbies or interests, but just…
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An East Tennessee Expedition: Frontier Forts, Funny Airplanes and Utopian Towns
Given my love of beer, starting an East Tennessee expedition in the town that the temperance movement built seemed like an irony I couldn’t resist. The small town…
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Exploring the rich history and wonderful roads of Dark Corners
Dark Corners doesn’t sound like an inviting motorcycle destination when low clouds and brisk temperatures engulf the Blue Ridge, but shortly after…
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Regrowing roots: The return of riders to their dirty beginnings
Once upon a time, many a young motorcyclist cut his or her riding teeth off-tarmac. Tykes on smaller bikes burbled over bumpy,…
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Exploring southwest Virginia’s rock churches
Bob Childress was on a mission from God. Robert Walter Childress, born in 1890 in a remote area of Southwest Virginia near…
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Waterfalls, museums and twisty roads: Exploring the spirit of Franklin, NC
The usually smooth hills of the Blue Ridge begin to grow steeper and sharper as U.S. 64 twists toward the Cullasaja Gorge.…
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The Crooked Road: Two-wheeling and Two-Stepping Across Virginia’s Heritage Music Trail
Like mashed potatoes and gravy, road trips and music just belong together. Either alone is fine, but the pairing makes a memorable,…
