Day 6 - Robinsonville, NC (Tail of the Dragon) to Nashville, TN

Day 6 - Robinsonville, NC (Tail of the Dragon) to Nashville, TN

Wednesday, August 17

One word for today HOT!! one sign said 96f and another said 90f.

We left the Two Wheel Motel around 8am and got breakfast in Robinsonville, before taking on the famous Cherohala Skyway (NC#143 / TN#165), this road has plenty of turns and runs on the ridge tops of the local mountains and get above 5,280ft (one mile) in place, so we were in the clouds with a light rain shower.   Please visit this web site for all the info on the Cherohala Skyway http://www.cherohala.com/, it is as famous as the tail of the dragon.

Ken at the end of the Cherohala Skyway

What again interesting, there is no one on these roads, we talked to 4 other bikers and saw about 10 cars and 10 more bikes the from 10am to 1pm, which is great to have the road to one' self.  We reached the end in Tellico Plains just at 1pm, and found a nice local cafe for lunch, excellent food and service, and had wifi too.

After lunch we had about 250km to still ride to get to Nashville, so in the heat of the day, we made time, and again found ourselves on I-40 Westbound at 130kmh.  We reach Nashville right at rush hour, lots of traffic, with only a 2km section of stop and go traffic, we were both hot, tired and exhausted when we arrived at the Best Western in West Nashville.

Tomorrow is day 1 on the Natchez Trace Parkway, an easy 440miles at 35mph and tree covered most of the way - looking forward to the next two days.