Saturday, September 13, 2014
Point Otter to Asheville, NC - total fog out
Oh boy, what a ride. Left in the rain and that was the best part of the day. Hardly anyone on the road which was good because very slick pavement. Full rain gear, bags covered, tank bag covered.
Went slow all day, rain stopped so I decided to try and make it to Asheville which is kind of the gateway to the Smokies, from the east. Huge mistake. Fog rolled in and it took me 3 hours to ride 25 miles. No exits, no gas, no camping places - just fog at 4-5000 feet. Told Bert this was just a test, we had been through worse (well at least at the time I said this to him..). Less than 5 feet visibility, hazard lights on, fog lights on, flashlight in my mouth-type of fog. But very surreal and kind of cool.
Took some great videos with my GoPro camera, but having trouble posting them - probably file size is too large.
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