Skyline Drive, Virginia - Early Fall - 10/09/2011
What a beautiful day! Temps on the Drive were 65-75, and sometimes changed 6 or 7 degrees just topping a ridge from one side to the other. Eastern face was the warmer... something you don't notice in a cage! About 12 degrees warmer on the valley floor. Also, I met a very nice couple from Ontario, Canada, who trailer their Black RT-S behind their motor home and ride locally when they get to where thery're going. Only other Spyder I saw in 500 miles!!
Check out the pictures of the bear! About 25-30' from the edge of the road, just grazing and getting ready to sleep. That was one of two I saw, the other one I couldn't get a picture of.
I shot around 15 min of Flip Video... I'm not happy with the mount; seems a little jumpy, but I'll work on that. I'll post a link to U-Tube when it's done uploading. About 2/3 into the video, I enter the one tunnel on the Skyline Drive, through a rock outcropping, and the only big group of bikes I saw all day, about two dozen, enter the other end! What a noise! I added a sound track instead of the recorded audio because, frankly, the Flip audio sucked!
Well, enjoy!!! (PS- when you add MD, WV and VA to your trip map, it sure looks a bunch better that just PA & DE....)
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PS- Hey John- Check out those new Seal Floorboards!
PPS- Didn't get to install the HMT Brake Light before the trip... floorboards were [much] more important. Hopefully, I'll get to it this week.