The Ride Through the Smokey Mountains

When you ride 400 miles in one day, even if you're just the one on the back taking pictures, all you want to do when you get to the hotel is take a shower, eat dinner, and sleep. We've done the first two. It was a great day, and I'll tell you all about it tomorrow. In the meantime, enjoy  the pictu...
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Savannaaahhhhhhh....

When you’re sitting on a wrought iron balcony overlooking the Savannah River, sipping Malibu rum and pineapple, watching people saunter along the brick paved river walk and the water ferry shuttle others, blogging really doesn’t seem very important. That pretty much sums up...
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Fort Sumter

Sunday was actually a bonus day in Charleston. We arrived a day ahead of schedule (luckily, they had a room) and in reviewing our reservations, Jason realized everything after Charleston was off a day. So, rather than try to reschedule everything, we left things as is (We’ll still...
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Walking Back in Time: Drayton Hall and Middleton Place

The ride to Savannah took a scant three hours, and in the sojourn between the trolley tour and dinner, we’ve escaped the heat and are relaxing in our room. Time to blog. I guess I should catch up where I left off.  Saturday was Plantation Day. There were two plantations...
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A Few Days Behind...

It's Monday morning and we're in a bit of a scramble to get packed and head out to Savannah.  There's so much to tell about our Saturday at Drayton Hall and Middleton Place, two very different, but very magnificent plantations on the Ashley River, and our visit to Fort Sumter, where the first shots...
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Homes of History: Our Walking Tour of Charleston

Now I know why people love Charleston. After breakfast on Friday morning, Jason and I strolled across the street to the Visitor’s Center. Rather than shuffle pamphlets, we decided to talk to the folks there and see what ticket packages they had to help us best spend our time...
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A Sneak Peek at Charleston

After we settled into our room Thursday night, Jason and I took our inaugural trolley ride downtown to get a sense of what there was to do and see in Charleston. My original agenda included Boone Hall Plantation, Drayton Hall and Fort Sumter, where the Civil War began.  Having...
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From Wilmington to Charleston

Wilmington, North Carolina was a stopover, a place to hang our helmets for the night before the ride to Charleston.  On our way to Route 17 we drove through the historic downtown district, with block after block of beautiful and elegant Victorian-era homes and historical...
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The Experience vs. The Ride

There is one main difference between Jason and I when it comes to doing anything on the Harley, especially these two-week vacations. For him, the experience is the ride. For me, the ride is the experience.  When I announced my observations to him last night, he looked at me, laughed and then dared, “ Explain...
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First Flight: The Ride (Really) Begins

Finally. The Ride begins. The day we’ve been waiting for since January has arrived. We climbed aboard the newly polished and waxed Harley and headed out of Toano under graying skies. Jason instructed me not to think about the weather and I nodded in agreement, silently bargaining...
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Ready to Ride

Day Four- Part II A view from the back deck.... also known s the 13th fairway We arrived in Toano a little after one this afternoon, the trip east on Route 64 alternating between drizzle, downpour and beautiful blue skies. Every time we come down here, when I see the first...
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Heading East on Route 64

Day Four June 11, 2012 Monday mornings are always difficult, even on vacation, especially when it means saying goodbye. By 8:30 am, Jason and I were packed and heading back towards Virginia. The dog and cat were comfortably curled around each other in the back seat and the GPS alerted us to a four hour...
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A Day in Coal Miner's Country

Day Two June 9, 2012 We’re watching the Devils play the LA Kings in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup.  Being a Devil's fan by marriage, it's an anxious night and the end of a great day. Boomer’s in bed, Zan’s reading  (inspired, he said, by the fact that I...
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The Ride Begins... Sort Of...

Day One: June 8, 2012 There’s something strange about writing this blog from the front seat of the Silverado. While it’s efficient to write while we drive, it seems a bit like cheating. The first few days of The Ride are actually happening in the truck with trailer in tow. Before we get to the Harley,...
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And So It Begins

The third annual Civil War Harley Tour gets rolling on Friday. Unlike years past, I am totally unprepared to spend two weeks on a bike. It's not that I'm unprepared to soar down open roads, sample local cuisine and see more of this beautiful county, it's that I'm completely disorganized. And Jason, the World's...
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