Tail of the Dragon

To get to Santeetlah Lake camp from Townsend, TN we had to take US 129 also called the Tail of the Dragon.  Sadly, it was at night time and it was dark.   We couldn't see the many of the 318 curves and twists the road has to offer.  George was determined to take our motorbike out on US 129 to really enjoy all that this road has to offer.  We made a plan to take it out the next morning in the daylight.

When we awoke the next morning the sky was overcast and it was raining off and on.  The temperature was very warm and aside from the rain it was a perfect day to take a ride down the Tail of the Dragon.  Therefore we packed up our van and headed towards Deals Gap to find a staging area near the Tail to park our van and get our motorbike down.  Of course, we still did not have windshield wipers!

On the way we passed the Cheoah Dam.

Here we are riding on the Tail of the Dragon.

After we finished the Tail we headed for the Foothills Parkway.


We came across a tree that had fallen into the road but luckily were able to drive around it on our motorbike.