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:
The road right there:
A panorama:
Dropped into Marshall, NC
Pan:
Shots from downtown Marshall:
Random Scripture stone on Lonesome Mountain:
Why Gunter Town is closed - The wet weather over the summer wasn't good to it;\
On to NC212 into TN:
Pan:
Crossing under I-26 nearthe NC/TN line on Clear Branch:
On to NC197, south out of Burnsville, NC
The 'odd' section, basically a bunch of switchbacks in some kind of forestry management area:
Pan:
Video:
NC197 10 6 2013Then comes the gravel. There is 4.5 miles or so of gravel on NC197 between Burnsville & Barnardsville
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That's it for picture! Not much to see the rest of the way home.
JM
