The day after riding the Tail of the Dragon it was time to head back to Chattanooga. We had gotten a late start on this trip due to the weather, but it was worth the wait. We watched the suns rise as we got ready to leave Franklin North Carolina. In the Mountains it seems like it would be a wonderful place to live and ride a motorcycle on a daily basis. We finished breakfast as the sun broke over the mountain tops, we were then off again for another adventure.
US Highway 64 snakes over the mountains towards the west, leading us back to the great state of Tennessee. As we ascend the divide we see a wall of Fog from a distance. It looks like we are about to ride off the mountain as the fog approaches. When we enter the fog it feels like a portal to another time. We must slow down in the mist that is all enveloping. We ride through the fog with confidence that this is going to be a good day. As we summit we drop out of the fog in the decent for lunch in Murphy North Carolina. Highway 64 is a motorcycle road one of the best.
After some burritos and tacos at a local mexican restaurant we leave Murphy for the ride along the Ocoee River and back into Tennessee. This is the most enjoyable ride of the trip. With long sweeping turns with the mountains and river in the foreground it was a awesome ride. Much better than the tight congested turns of Highway 129 the Tail of the Dragon. As the Ocoee River turns into the Ocoee lake the views and the turns get more spectacular. We cross into Tennessee after Ocoee Lake it is a short ride to Cleveland Tennessee. We jump on I 75 for the short blast to Chattanooga in time for a early dinner. The ride being a success we dream of more time in this part of the Smokies.
There are a lot of undiscovered motorcycle roads in this area of the country. The next day on the ride back to Clarksville we dream of riding 4 states in 1 day; Tennessee, Georgia, North and South Carolina. It will be in 2015. We will be back.
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