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Blue Ridge Southern Crescent: Tellico Plains, Helen, Toccoa to Walhalla

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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 end of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Tellico Plains … [Read more...] about Blue Ridge Southern Crescent: Tellico Plains, Helen, Toccoa to Walhalla

The Shawnee, George Washington and the Mothman All Slept Here

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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 on the right or vice-versa. In this case, West Virginia Route 62 had been ordinary for miles from outside of Charleston toward Poca, the home of the poca dots. Route 62 is a narrow gray ribbon through the north-eastern side of a Kanawha River … [Read more...] about The Shawnee, George Washington and the Mothman All Slept Here

Ten rides to celebrate 10 Epic years: The editor’s favorite adventures across the Blue Ridge Mountains

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To mark the 10th anniversary of Blue Ridge Motorcycling Magazine, Editor-in-Chief Michael E. Gouge offers his list (in no particular order) featuring 10 of the favorite roads and road trips he’s covered in the last decade as a correspondent. A few of them are on blueridgemotorcyclingmagazine.com. Others appeared only in print. Feel free to explore them on your own. • U.S. 64 … [Read more...] about Ten rides to celebrate 10 Epic years: The editor’s favorite adventures across the Blue Ridge Mountains

Exploring the rich history and wonderful roads of Dark Corners 

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Dark Corners doesn’t sound like an inviting motorcycle destination when low clouds and brisk temperatures engulf the Blue Ridge, but shortly after dropping down U.S. 176 the clouds vanish and I savor the feeling of warm sunshine on black leather. This region of Upstate South Carolina offers milder weather, great roads and a rich history for two-wheeled explorers. It makes a … [Read more...] about Exploring the rich history and wonderful roads of Dark Corners 

Looking for shamrocks in Southwest Virginia’s ‘Burgs

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I am fortunate enough to live in Southwest Virginia, where great motorcycling roads surround me, so I thought it would be fun to explore my backyard with a St. Paddy’s Day cloverleaf of four loops to the southeast, southwest, northeast and northwest of sister towns Blacksburg and Christiansburg in Montgomery County, just west of Roanoke. Blacksburg has 45,000 residents but … [Read more...] about Looking for shamrocks in Southwest Virginia’s ‘Burgs