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Title: Backroads & Panoramas! Post by: the_Journeyman on October 06, 2013, 03:24:07 PM Took roughly a 200 mile ride today. Saw lots of places some familiar and some new. Got some good pictures and some good panoramas thanks to a Sony P&S camera that does in-camera panoramas!
Route: Backroads from Waynesville to Marshall then NC208 & 212 into TN, back into NC on Clear Branch & US19W, crossed over to the Toe River & NC197 on Huntingdale Rd, then along the Toe River for a bit to NC197 into Burnsville. Kept following NC197 and a couple local backroads to drop right onto Merrimon Ave in Asheville. 20 minutes of I-40 home. Good Ride. Began my day crossing a local ridge. Looking into the Sandy Mush Valley: (http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7352/10126895643_5018451a53_o.jpg) The road right there: (http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5493/10126833436_fe8d6932ea_o.jpg) (http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2892/10126832726_74b91d64a0_o.jpg) A panorama: (http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5461/10127284663_25b2bbfc49_o.jpg) Dropped into Marshall, NC (http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7387/10126698094_654ff3ccae_o.jpg) Pan: (http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5464/10127283713_e2aefb094b_o.jpg) Shots from downtown Marshall: (http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7435/10126893663_57004b0a6b_o.jpg) (http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7305/10126891193_55e107c326_o.jpg) (http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2833/10126750645_74f81697af_o.jpg) (http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5523/10126891763_5f0754386e_o.jpg) (http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3762/10126892333_cffe79413f_o.jpg) Random Scripture stone on Lonesome Mountain: (http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7374/10126748225_77d1650d7d_o.jpg) Why Gunter Town is closed - The wet weather over the summer wasn't good to it;\ (http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3739/10126694244_c6efaa7ba3_o.jpg) On to NC212 into TN: (http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7343/10126827726_0b1819955d_o.jpg) (http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3666/10126888623_0963441b1c_o.jpg) Pan: (http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2846/10127145395_f887b8e246_o.jpg) Crossing under I-26 nearthe NC/TN line on Clear Branch: (http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2854/10126826786_6901ddca54_o.jpg) On to NC197, south out of Burnsville, NC (http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7451/10126888093_7ecc118110_o.jpg) The 'odd' section, basically a bunch of switchbacks in some kind of forestry management area: (http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3803/10126887703_b7bd8dd6bf_o.jpg) (http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7425/10126825556_66eedfc2cf_o.jpg) (http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2827/10126744525_40df50e08c_o.jpg) Pan: (http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7345/10127222076_9ea1e16770_o.jpg) Video: NC197 10 6 2013 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCesq3LeoUk&feature=youtu.be#) Then comes the gravel. There is 4.5 miles or so of gravel on NC197 between Burnsville & Barnardsville (http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7371/10126886073_a6207d72a2_o.jpg) (http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3832/10126885493_668b037f76_o.jpg) Pan: (http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3687/10127220626_cfed4e9d0e_o.jpg) That's it for picture! Not much to see the rest of the way home. JM Title: Re: Backroads & Panoramas! Post by: techno on October 06, 2013, 03:30:00 PM Thanks for sharing. Looks like a nice place to ride. [Dolph]
Title: Re: Backroads & Panoramas! Post by: DarkMonster620 on October 06, 2013, 03:40:32 PM Great scenery JM . . .
BTW, how did the bird came out? Title: Re: Backroads & Panoramas! Post by: HotIce on October 06, 2013, 03:41:33 PM Beautiful pics!
And ... (http://imageshack.us/a/img543/6620/drmv.jpg) ;D Title: Re: Backroads & Panoramas! Post by: the_Journeyman on October 06, 2013, 03:51:16 PM HotIce - yea, that left a mark! Glad it wasn't mine. We see those a lot on some of these mountain roads!
Carlos - Thanks! Bird was good, everyone that tried it loved it! Jm Title: Re: Backroads & Panoramas! Post by: ungeheuer on October 06, 2013, 04:28:46 PM A panorama: wow... nice roads and a beautiful part of the world JM [thumbsup](http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5461/10127284663_25b2bbfc49_o.jpg) Thanks for posting [thumbsup] Title: Re: Backroads & Panoramas! Post by: 1.21GW on October 06, 2013, 07:04:27 PM Love your ride reports, JM. Always lots of great pics. I just don't get how you can keep stopping to take a pic!
Also, love to see a fellow yellow Duc out there. [thumbsup] Title: Re: Backroads & Panoramas! Post by: HotIce on October 06, 2013, 08:11:43 PM Leaves can be a pregnant dog also. Second most slippery thing after ice [Dolph]
Title: Re: Backroads & Panoramas! Post by: Mike_D on October 07, 2013, 01:24:35 AM Excellent pics JM. With the possible exception of the Madison Natural Foods store, your pictures of Marshall look like they could have been taken in the 1950s.
Title: Re: Backroads & Panoramas! Post by: the_Journeyman on October 07, 2013, 02:53:10 AM Yea, leaves can be super slick. Lots of wiggles here and there from them!
I did think it was cool the Madison Foods folks left the original American Motors sign intact! JM Title: Re: Backroads & Panoramas! Post by: koko64 on October 07, 2013, 04:46:25 AM wow... nice roads and a beautiful part of the world JM [thumbsup] Thanks for posting [thumbsup] +1 for sure. Beautiful. The grass appears a shade greener than down here. Title: Re: Backroads & Panoramas! Post by: BoDiddley on October 07, 2013, 05:01:59 AM Leaves can be a pregnant dog also. Second most slippery thing after ice [Dolph] Leaves and my real peave that really cranks my ars, cut grass thrown by lawn mowers. I take it personal as nature has nothing to do with it. Can't wait to get the time to travel to places like this, beautiful. Title: Re: Backroads & Panoramas! Post by: red baron on October 07, 2013, 05:58:37 AM Yea, leaves can be super slick. Lots of wiggles here and there from them! I did think it was cool the Madison Foods folks left the original American Motors sign intact! JM Shoot, I bet they paid a bunch for that sign. Mmmm, Pork and pie. [thumbsup] Title: Re: Backroads & Panoramas! Post by: bob795 on October 07, 2013, 06:17:36 AM Wonderful place to ride you have there Journeyman [thumbsup] and beautiful pictures [thumbsup]
Title: Re: Backroads & Panoramas! Post by: Steve.In.Atlanta on October 07, 2013, 06:41:20 AM JM, I was supposed to be up in Franklin Friday night but my buddy's bike was having problems so we scrapped it. Now I wish I'd gone by myself.
Hoping to be going up to Franklin Friday the 18th and will hit you up to see if you wanna show a few of us around. |