Leaving for 2 weeks without a plan

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baldguy

Discussion Starter · Aug 27, 2009

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My lovey wife, call sign Biker Babe (I know, real original ain't it) are getting ready to hit the road (figuratively not literately) for two weeks with just what we can pack on our '04 wing. I get one saddle bag and she gets the other, the trunk, and the pack on the trunk rack - guess I'm lucky that she let me have a whole saddle back to myself.

Anyway, we're not sure where we are heading. It all depends on the weather on the morning we leave. Our initial plan is to head toward the mountains in eastern Tennessee and North Carolina. Maybe heading up the Blue Ridge Parkway and on over to the east coast if we have time. We're so excited. This will be the first major trip we've taken on the bike.

If anyone has any suggestions of great places to stay, see, eat, etc. we would certainly appreciate hearing back from you.

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JBz

· #2 · Aug 27, 2009

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I hope you get lost.<on the road of course>HaveA Great Time.JB

SailorKane

· #3 · Aug 27, 2009

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Really cool. We're doing something similar, though we have more of a plan than that. We're leaving next week and heading for the outer banks of NC, Atlantic City, and then visit some relatives in the North east. Then down to VIrgina and Tennessee, Atlanta, then out to Nevada. Wife is flying home Sept 19 from Atlanta, I will be home around Nov 1. Probably 10K miles all total.

Enjoy the trip. Personally we like Fontana Village near the Dragon. They have a "Dragon Rider's Club" with discounted rates. Free to join.

SETHAN12

· #4 · Aug 27, 2009

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Two weeks without a plan is a great way to go. Not trying to get toa certainpoint by the end of the day. Just enjoy the ride. My wife and I usually pick a destination but the trip morphs as we go along. A very fun way to go. Enjoy and ride safe!!!!!!!!:action::action::action:

Geezerglider

· #5 · Aug 28, 2009

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Somewhere I read: "Young bikers pick a destination and go. Old bikers just pick a direction and go".

Don't forget to take the fork in the road when you come to it. :dude:

What a great opportunity. Have fun and ride safe! :action:

Oh yeah, we'll be expecting a report with pictures.

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Ruaidh

· #6 · Aug 28, 2009

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My father's uncle (my great uncle?) and wife would take a quarter and drive to the first intersection. They would flip the coin and "heads" right, "tails" left their way through a week at a time. They did this year round in their car but I have always liked the idea.

Bamaeagle

· #7 · Aug 28, 2009

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Baldguy that is what my wife and I are planing on doing maybe next year (already had vacation this year). Sure does sound like fun. Ride Safe !!

Geezerglider, I have had that saying in my signature ever since I have been a member here. I got it from someone else on another site.

FM

· #8 · Aug 28, 2009

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AHHh that's the spirit, no plan. You'll tell us all about it when you get back.

ONE THING TO DO!!!
When you start your trip, take off your watch & give it a toss.

...."Easy Rider"
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Other thoughts...

"Taking a trip, where to?"
"Oh, I don't know. Wherever I end up, I guess."
...."Then Came Bronson"

"You'll know where you've been, after you've been there."
.... me

TAKE LOTS OF PICTURES!!!! :waving:

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wilkoi

· #9 · Aug 28, 2009

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No plan sounds like a great plan.

andy_christy

· #10 · Aug 28, 2009

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The wife & I just did about the same thing. We left Indianapolis down through eastern TN, then into NC, & up through WV then back home. Beautiful scenery.

Somewhere north of Ashville, NC on a side of the highway overlook.

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papabee49

· #11 · Aug 28, 2009

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Well baldguy, if you are planning on the oceanfront anywhere near Virginia Beach, give me a pm and maybe we can meet up for a ride. Ride safe and havae fun, that is the name of the game :waving::waving:

luddy

· #12 · Aug 28, 2009

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and I thought I was the only one that did that. Last year went to Montana that way from Virginia, ended up in Washington. Never regretted it. No map, north for a while then west for a while, then north again, ahh the memories.

Bagmaster

· #13 · Aug 28, 2009

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Camping or motelling?

cyclewizard

· #14 · Aug 28, 2009

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JBz wrote:

I hope you get lost.<on the road of course>HaveA Great Time.JB

I've been doing that my whole life and I'm not changin now. lol

Have a safe trip.

Big John .25

· #15 · Aug 29, 2009

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leaving tomorrow afternoon to go to Maine, and going to sight see on the way up, Planning on riding the Blue Ridge Parkway and go thru the hills and valleys of the northeasr.

ScooterTramp

· #16 · Aug 30, 2009

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That is what we did early this summer. Just put her into the wind. Had a hell of a good time. Only way to do it. Enjoy and ride safe.

Ghost Rider 2

· #17 · Aug 31, 2009

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Enjoy, we did eastern Tennesse and N. Carolina in July. Best riding I have ever done. Would like to go back there next summer.

DBohrer

· #18 · Aug 31, 2009

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andy_christy wrote:

The wife & I just did about the same thing. We left Indianapolis down through eastern TN, then into NC, & up through WV then back home. Beautiful scenery.

Somewhere north of Ashville, NC on a side of the highway overlook.

Hope you saw the New River Gorge, Cass Scenic Railroad, National Observatory, Spruce Knob (highest point), Seneca Rocks, Smoke Hole Caverns and Black Water Falls while in West Virginia. Great riding to these places and they are definitely worth a visit.

BlueWinger

· #19 · Aug 31, 2009

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Sounds WONDERFUL !!!!!

Wild Wing Lady & I had to cancell out Montrose this year....so instead we're taking a shorter vacation.

We'll be leaving in a few weeks and running north up to Virginia Beach area, up through the Chesapeke Bay Bridge & Tunnel, over to Lancaster, PA for camping and visiting some of the Covered Bridges around Lancaster county as well as touring some of the "AMISH" countryside & villages, check out Gettysburg, and then down Skyline Drive, to camp out.....then on down the Blue Ridge Parkway(camping) , finally pulling out from Pineola, NC and heading for home.

Trip will take about 10 days....we have to have a planned route due to my dad's health (he is 92 yrs old & not doing well)...and have given certain family members our nightly destination phone numbers (for emergency).

We are looking forward to this trip so much !!

Enjoy your trip...ride safe & make lots of memories !!! :waving: :action:

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cubix

· #20 · Aug 31, 2009

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Baldguy,

I can highly recommend the Blue Ridge Parkway and if time allows, do the Outer Banks and see the light houses along the way. There are plenty of other distractions along the way as well...and as for planning a trip, picking a direction and not worrying about anything else is a great way to go. My bride says it makes the trip interesting:action:

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