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| Salmon? No, slalom! |
Instead, you suddenly find yourself in the maw of the dragon.
While we had slalomed across roads in six states already, this was the main event – the ride we were here to challenge. Tail of the Dragon in Deals Gap, North Carolina features 318 curves over 11 miles as you roar over the border into Tennessee. It's trumpeted as the top motorcycle and sports car road in the United States.
It's a technical ride with constant shifting as you swish over roads banked like a bobsleigh track. After two days on the highway, it took a conscious reminder to ride with my feet. No, it's definitely not a time for sightseeing. Instead, I aimed high and tried to not look away out of fear of missing the next curve, which was inevitably imminent. Repeatedly.
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| Mission: Don't add to the Tree of Shame. |
Although the roads were relatively quiet that time of day, light through the trees danced, playing tricks on my eyes as I bent myself into a couple 300-degree turns. Ever present: the unwillingness to contribute to the notorious Tree of Shame.
The day began with a deer, but ended with a dragon, slain.
Twice.
Vitals:
- Time: 10.5 hours
- Distance: 569.8 kms
- Weather: Sunny with fluffy clouds, hot
- States: Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina
- Wildlife: Deer
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