ROAD TRIP! Highlands NJ ---> Snellville GA

[Great adVENTURE]

Well I decided I'm doing it...

 

I will be traveling solo from Sunday July 12th to Sunday July 19th. All I have planned is the starting point and destination so some suggestions of cool places to stop or ride thru would be appreciated. If anyone wants to meet grab a coffee or heck maybe tag along I'm all for it. My Goal is to take some well deserved time off, unfortunately the wife can't make this trip so going to mark the states off the map alone. Also any "wish I would have or wouldn't have done" might be helpful.

[GAWildKat]

When you get to Georgia, let the Ga crowd know. I'm about 2 hours south of Snellville if you need a place to crash and eat. There's probably others closer to Snellville than us. Enjoy the trip!

[Great adVENTURE]

Packed clothes, few tools and small lithium jump pack, iPhone mounted and audio fed into sound system via AUX input, topped off the fuel tank, checked my routing options, I think I'm ready to go.

 

Going to route my return trip so i can ride the Tail of the Dragon

 

Edited July 12, 2015 by Great adVENTURE

[Great adVENTURE]

Update:

 

Day one was a learning experience. Left at 7am Sunday morning with the intention of riding no more than 500 miles. I acheived that goal by 6pm with 3 fill ups and a short lunch. Felt like I had more in me and the bike was treating me great so I pushed on. Glad to say after a few more fill ups and 5 1/2 hours later I arrived at my destination safely. I hit some light rain in Virginia and more when I arrived in Georgia but I was prepared with my west marine rain gear. So ending out day one with a short detour thru Bristol Tennessee I managed to pull off 16 1/2 hours and 925 miles.

 

Day two was a well needed muscle recovery day. I woke up stiff and sore but nothing a few Tylenol couldnt ease. Got breakfast, lunch, dinner with family, and did some shopping in between. Looking back now I would split the mileage between the two days and not have ridden at night, pretty scary watching head lights bear down on you then change lanes what seems like the last minute to pass. Well going to hit the streets around noon tomorrow and don't know which way I'm going yet.

[Zzyzx]

Depending on how long you plan to be in the Snellville area if you have time and like good Chinese food, I have close friends (more like family) in Lithia Springs off I-20 and Thornton road that own a nice place to get some good food.

They are just past the Walmart on the left and if you go there tell Ke and Tracy Eddie sent you.

If you can while at the Dragon and Deals Gap you have to ride the Cherohala Skyway as well.

Have fun and Ride Safe!