Today we headed off across the Blue Ridge Mountains into North Carolina and took the famous bikers route known as the “Tail of the Dragon” where bikers and sports car enthusiasts come from all over the world to ride this 11 mile (approximately 18km) stretch of road which has 318 curves. It was very picturesque.
After completing the “Tail” we headed off to Cherokee. After wondering around some of the shops, we headed off to “Paul’s Restaurant” for lunch. After lunch we headed off to the Bear Zoo. It was an experience to see these wonderful creatures, but was really sad to see them in such confined and unnatural spaces. There was a monkey there that kept mooning us !!
We then headed off to Maggie Valley. We arrived there at about 3pm and checked into the Greenside Lodge. We managed to get rooms with a balcony overlooking the creek. While Dereck, Doug and Sue went looking for a grocery store, I took a walk up the road to look at the local shops and guess what, I found a scrapbook shop. Again had things mainly related to the area, but got a few other goodies as well. After wondering around a few other shops, I walked back to our lodge to find Dereck and Doug sitting by the creek drinking beers and listening to music on Doug's iPod. Later on we took a walk down the road to the Moonshine Grill where we had supper. The weather was quite a bit cooler compared to previous evenings.
Michelle signing off ….
318 curves on such a short stretch of road, it will definitely just be car sickness for me. Hope you got lots of embellishments for your layouts coming up. Sad about the animals being cooped up. Hope you mooned the monkey back ... ha ha ha
ReplyDeletelove the motorbike, looks about the right size for me. Loveing your pics and blog. Enjoy love Julie xx
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