and it was GREAT , it was about 210 miles for the first leg to Marion NC. My girlfriend and I stayed the night at a Super*, that to my surprise was quite nice. We ran into 4 gentlemen from Canada on the HD's that were very nice too. Thanks to
gpzrocker he is from that neck of the woods he gave us a very nice route to take and I had the pleasure of meeting up with him. Very pleasant person and gave great directions. We went to Chimney Rock
http://www.chimneyrockpark.com/ and to Lake James
http://www.ncparks.gov/Visit/parks/laja/main.php dang it was great. We spent the night at The Switzerland Inn.
http://www.switzerlandinn.com/rooms/diamondback.html SCHWEEEET place the settle down and cheap, 69.00 per night.
. When we were there the Inn was hosting a Porsche Boxer meet so they were all over the place.
We hit more of the mountain roads on Sunday and did the Diamondback route
http://www.diamondbacknc.com/ , very exciting turns. I didn't do Route 80, I think my Connie would need to upgrade on some springs for that. I felt that I was really working (physically) to get the Connie around and it was my first time experiencing these types of roads. We are planning another trip back as soon as we get so free time. I owe gpzroker a ride.
We did a total of 612 miles on the weekend and it was great.
Here are some pictures.
Cheers
Ron
On the way up to Chimney Rock
These 3 were also from Canada too
And your truly and Angela.
We must do a return trip soon. I'll be ordering some Sonic springs first.