2023 Maggie Vally Spyder Adventures

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I had a wonderful time, as always at the Spyder Rally in Maggie Valley 10/4-8. The weather was nearly perfect. I led 6 Spyders from the Raleigh, NC area. The only hiccup that we had was when we got a limp mode and 3 error codes on my buddies 2020 RTL. We pulled up the locator and saw that the dealership in Winston Salem was only 22 miles away. I gave them a call and gave them the vin and error codes and asked if we could continue on (this was after I was able to get it out of limp mode, but not turn the engine light off). They couldn't say for sure but asked us if we could come through. We got there and they pulled his bike right it. Found out the issue was low brake pads (a little early with only 18k miles). They replaced them and reset everything, and we were on our way. Since our spouses were with us, we took it easy and kept the rides each day to less than 250 miles, but it was still great. No real color until reaching elevations above 5,000', but it was still a great trip. I am really wishing it would move to the second or third weekend in October, just to see more color. But at the same time, not sure I would want to deal with the additional traffic. There was also a huge truck show in Maggie Valley, but I didn't have time to check it out. Also, there were lots of Mustangs there that had me chopping at the bit and wishing I had mine. That was until Saturday afternoon when we saw one crashed into the cliff wall along 215, and another sitting on its top with the entire front burned off. Already looking forward to next year. Thankfully I am still pretty close, so I might be making a day trip to the area in 2 weeks to check out the leaf color at 3,000-4,000'