[nicestorybro]
...that on short notice I left Thursday at about 9:30 AM in my van, with the bikes, headed to Savannah, GA. I stopped briefly in Hewitt, NJ, then Coatesville, PA to catch up with old friends from high school, then pointed the geo-nag at Asheville, NC, in hopes of snagging a ride on the way. Notice was short enough that I was unable to do any research up front. I figured I'd find a bike store and ask. After a stupid long all night drive with a stop for three hours or so of sleep, got to Asheville and asked my phone for bike shops. The first did not seem to exist at the stated address on some road headed to Brevard, so I asked again and was directed to Beer City Bicycles. Found it (damn, is that city a cluster****), went in, asked. Got directed to some beginner/intermediate spot. Said naw, want something longer, techy. Got directed to Turkeypen Road in Mills River, description sounded better. So I stumble outside and take inventory. I had not eaten since supper the prior night. I was running on three hours of sleep. It was nominally five more hours of driving to get to Savannah. Said screw it and drove on, started nodding out about 2:30 PM, found a rest stop, got another hour of sleep, rolled into Savannah at I don't know what, 7:30 or something, got some very good food, found my hotel room and fell over and slept.
Saturday did some wandering around Savannah on the Moonlander, went to the event that occasioned the drive (wedding of another high school friend), and started driving north in the late afternoon. Did not do anything but drive, snooze when necessary, and eat once, got back to home base 1,120 miles and 24 hours later.
Tonight I did some poking around on the web and found at least the basic riding info I wanted at http://www.mtbikewnc.com/; the Laurel mountain ride sounds interesting, need to figure out how to get back and spend a few days down there. Don't understand quite why the guy at BCB was so unhelpful. He was either a roadie or protecting his turf. Also - lots of good beer, no public restroom?
Savannah was also worth going to - seemed like a full time low key party going on. Bunch of interesting things to look at, and a Bryan Street, which I think somehow ties into parts of my family history which I have listened to but never paid enough attention to to understand.
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...that on short notice I left Thursday at about 9:30 AM in my van, with the bikes, headed to Savannah, GA. I stopped briefly in Hewitt, NJ, then Coatesville, PA to catch up with old friends from high school, then pointed the geo-nag at Asheville, NC, in hopes of snagging a ride on the way. Notice was short enough that I was unable to do any research up front. I figured I'd find a bike store and ask. After a stupid long all night drive with a stop for three hours or so of sleep, got to Asheville and asked my phone for bike shops. The first did not seem to exist at the stated address on some road headed to Brevard, so I asked again and was directed to Beer City Bicycles. Found it (damn, is that city a cluster****), went in, asked. Got directed to some beginner/intermediate spot. Said naw, want something longer, techy. Got directed to Turkeypen Road in Mills River, description sounded better. So I stumble outside and take inventory. I had not eaten since supper the prior night. I was running on three hours of sleep. It was nominally five more hours of driving to get to Savannah. Said screw it and drove on, started nodding out about 2:30 PM, found a rest stop, got another hour of sleep, rolled into Savannah at I don't know what, 7:30 or something, got some very good food, found my hotel room and fell over and slept.
Saturday did some wandering around Savannah on the Moonlander, went to the event that occasioned the drive (wedding of another high school friend), and started driving north in the late afternoon. Did not do anything but drive, snooze when necessary, and eat once, got back to home base 1,120 miles and 24 hours later.
Tonight I did some poking around on the web and found at least the basic riding info I wanted at http://www.mtbikewnc.com/; the Laurel mountain ride sounds interesting, need to figure out how to get back and spend a few days down there. Don't understand quite why the guy at BCB was so unhelpful. He was either a roadie or protecting his turf. Also - lots of good beer, no public restroom?
Savannah was also worth going to - seemed like a full time low key party going on. Bunch of interesting things to look at, and a Bryan Street, which I think somehow ties into parts of my family history which I have listened to but never paid enough attention to to understand.
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