Tuesday, June 15, 2010

You wanna do what?!?!

So for 7 years Chris has had this idea of riding from NJ to TN via the Skyline Drive and Blue Ridge Parkway. Needless to say his moving to NJ has created an ideal scenario to fulfill this dream. So, that being said I flew to NJ last Thursday, visited with my family in PA for 3 days, then returned to NJ to be a part of seeing this dream fulfilled. This blog is intended to be an account of our time together.



No trip to Jersey is complete without a slice of pie (aka pizza)




And no trip to Chris's is complete without some serious garage time!










And now the Journey begins-


Our faithful steeds




And the studs.
(I think this was about the last time we saw the sun)



"... got mud on your face... ain't life great..."



Monday, we spent the better part (like 8 hours) on the interstate so no good pictures.

Tuesday- packed up, put on rain gear, ate breakfast at a little dinner- Dave had something called Scrapple- no clue what it was but he was happy with it.
Then we hit the Skyline drive- the motard and the Michelin-man

















So Dave has been teaching genetics to his sophmore biology class, so we figured we'd give it a try- what do you get when you cross a purple Shadow 1100 (Joe) and a VLX 600 (LaDonna)?



The rest of the the trip down the Blue Ridge parkway we traveled through a monsoon- here is the view looking out of our helmet!



Finally we found a church to pull off at and get out of the rain.





Finally we are settled into our room- cloths spread out everywhere drying, the air smells sweat with the aroma of leather, beer, and feet!

And tomorrow, we get to do it all over again!!

PS we are now accepting applications for next year's trip, hurry I'm sure they will fill up quickly!

5 comments:

  1. This is AWESOME! Thanks for posting the pics and looks like such a fun adventure so far! I want to hear some about the deer and the bird you encountered too. You might want to change the Newvine blog address though: It's www.thenewvinefamily.blogspot.com. Have fun and be safe!

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  2. I am so impressed that you guys blogged!!!!!! Have fun and be safe - can't wait for more posts until we see you!!!!

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  3. I grew up on Scrapple! my grandparents live in MD and Dad summered there. Ready to know what's in it?! EVERYTHING disgusting from a pig (seriously, it includes the whole head amongst other things). Once I was old enough to ask what my food was made of, I stopped eating Scrapple... we actually have some in our freezer though

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  4. Wonderful post, glad you and Chris got to fulfill a dream! I enjoyed recognizing some of the shots, you are always welcome here on the hill in Dover!

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