Route Advice

TriumPhil said:
Mebbe, I can get down to Berlin to meetcha!
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It'd be a pleasure. I'll let you know when I finalize the flight details.

BillB said:
The western route would be a far nicer ride. You would be higher up in altitude, cooler, less humid and even the slab is a pretty decent ride. I85 sux major &%% around Durham and Charlotte NC. Around Atlanta....... just shoot yerself first.
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I was thinking of heading west from Washington on I-66 as @Idaho Red Rocket 3 suggested. Then I-40 south to Knoxville, and turn my sights on the dragon. Then south through Blue Ridge. Probably stay west of Atlanta, and take 20 towards Birmingham.

But I still have a few weeks to decide.
 

I've ridden part of it, but it looks like it falls parallel to my route. Which hwy is it? Is that 29?
 
Steel said:
I've ridden part of it, but it looks like it falls parallel to my route. Which hwy is it?
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The Blue Ridge Parkway (BRP) isn't a numbered highway. It begins outside of Waynesboro, VA at the top of Afton Mountain Pass on I-64. You get on it and just stay on it all the way. You can overnight around Boone, NC. The Chateau Morrisette Winery is a great stop in southern Virginia.
 
I found it. Thanks. Got it mapped all the way to Cherokee, NC.
 
Just ordered a Garmin Zumo 660LM, and downloaded Basecamp to my laptop, so hopefully I will be able to figure it out and map a route, then load it to the GPS.
 
Steel said:
Just ordered a Garmin Zumo 660LM, and downloaded Basecamp to my laptop, so hopefully I will be able to figure it out and map a route, then load it to the GPS.
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Hey bud the Blue ridge Parkway is a beauty of a scenic route mind your speed on it though!!!! on it will be slow site seeing speeds in my memory serves me right. Still its a worth while ride!!!!!!!
 
Steel if u decide to come down 40 to 75 you can stop here in niota which is bout half way between Knoxville and Chattanooga and won't cost u anything
 
rainman said:
Steel if u decide to come down 40 to 75 you can stop here in niota which is bout half way between Knoxville and Chattanooga and won't cost u anything
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Sounds great! I appreciate it. I'll keep in touch, and let you know when I get the dates set.
 
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