On Monday morning at 3:15 a.m., I left Mt. Albert to meet with my little brother Doug and his friend, Leon Muis in Hamilton. From there, we drove 1300k to Pigeon Forge, Tennessee. We arrived at 9 pm, got a motel room and headed for The Chop House and had the best steaks we've ever eaten. Amber served us and treated us royally even though we arrived at 9:55 and they closed at 10.

In the morning (Tuesday), Doug and I headed for the Tail of the Dragon at Deals Gap - 318 curves in 11 miles. It was a trip and a half. The road wasn't as frightening as I thought it would be considering there are no guard rails and the drop is measured in 100's of feet. No, what was frightening was a crotch rocket coming at you in a blind curve, on its side with the riders one knee on the pavement and the throttle cracked open.

So, here's the schedule: Monday - Pigeon Forge 1500k from Mt. Albert, drove the Tail of the Dragon and headed home 1800k while Leon headed south to Florida and then to California, up the coast to BC and home to Hamilton (check out his Facebook page), arrived Wednesday at 5:30 after staying at Clarksburg to get out of the rain.

Got home in time to go to the doctor and find out why I was feeling so lousy - pneumonia!! Wooohooo!

I'm hoping to take Rose Mary to High Valley Rentals for our holidays. Check out their website.

http://www.highvalleyrentals.com/