Backroads & Panoramas!

[the_Journeyman]

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 2013

Then comes the gravel.  There is 4.5 miles or so of gravel on NC197 between Burnsville & Barnardsville




Pan:


That's it for picture!  Not much to see the rest of the way home.

JM

[techno]

Thanks for sharing. Looks like a nice place to ride.

[DarkMonster620]

Great scenery JM . . .

BTW, how did the bird came out?

[HotIce]

Beautiful pics!
And ...

[the_Journeyman]

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

[ungeheuer]

A panorama:

wow... nice roads and a beautiful part of the world JM 

Thanks for posting 

[1.21GW]

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. 

[HotIce]

Leaves can be a pregnant dog also. Second most slippery thing after ice 

[Mike_D]

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.

[the_Journeyman]

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

[koko64]

wow... nice roads and a beautiful part of the world JM 

Thanks for posting 

+1 for sure. Beautiful.
The grass appears a shade greener than down here.

[BoDiddley]

Leaves can be a pregnant dog also. Second most slippery thing after ice 

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.

[red baron]

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.   

[bob795]

Wonderful place to ride you have there Journeyman and beautiful pictures

[Steve.In.Atlanta]

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.