DAY RIDE

OCTOBER 21, 2009

We woke up Wednesday morning to an absolutely beautiful day. It was cool- around 44°- but felt much warmer with all the sun.

We decided to go to the mountains and see if the colors had started to change. We leathered up- got on our bikes and decided to ride to the Foothills Parkway. We generally get on the Parkway every fall to see the colors- it has spectacular views- it's a very gentle ride- and we usually see lots of other bikes.

We headed south on Alcoa Highway- took 321 North to Walland- and got on the Parkway. We stopped at a couple of the overlooks to get some good shots.

Here's Pam enjoying the view.

Some of the colors had changed- but it looks like the best is still to come in the next couple of weeks.

Some of the trees were giving us a good preview.

After riding the Parkway- we stopped at the Tallassee General Store for lunch.

We got a couple of burgers- and they were great!

Jeff taking a little rest on the porch at the Tallassee General Store.

After lunch, we headed back down 129 to Maryville. Even though the weather had warmed a little by lunchtime- we both kept our leathers on.  After riding through Maryville- we got on Old Maryville Pike- rode back to Knoxville and headed on home.

We left around 10:30 am and got back around 2:30 pm. The total ride was about 98 miles. A really nice ride on a great fall day.

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