My 1st scamping trip Tn to Washington D.C.

easy · Post by **easy** » Fri Sep 20, 2013 11:55 am

Leaving out in the morning staying on the interstate on the way up. Visiting my daughter and some sight seeing around D.C then Skyline and Blue Ridge Parkway home. I'm riding my gti300, the only p.i.t.a is going to be refueling.

BootScootin'FireFighter · Fri Sep 20, 2013 5:38 pm

awesome! Have a great trip and stayover in town. Best place to get a scooter and DC skyline shot is from the grounds of the Iwo Jima (Marine Corps) Memorial, between that and the Netherlands Carillon. Weather is amazing these past few days.

There's a local group ride on Sunday morning through our meetup group if you happen to be interested, it's about an 80 mile out and back, including a lunch stop in Leesburg and a short ferry ride. That start point is 5 miles south of DC in Alexandria.

http://www.meetup.com/dcspindoctors/events/138722852/

theflash784 · Post by **theflash784** » Fri Sep 20, 2013 9:38 pm

Have a safe and enjoyable trip

magnato1 · Post by **magnato1** » Fri Sep 20, 2013 10:15 pm

I want to see pics of the Scoot loaded up. I love seeing them all loaded down for an adventure!

TVB · Post by **TVB** » Fri Sep 20, 2013 10:24 pm

magnato1 wrote:I want to see pics of the Scoot loaded up. I love seeing them all loaded down for an adventure!

Pix of the beast under burden, or it didn't happen.

Sounds like a good ride.

easy · Post by **easy** » Mon Sep 23, 2013 1:52 pm

Raphine Va fuel stop

easy · Post by **easy** » Mon Sep 23, 2013 1:57 pm

Hungry Mother State Park Marion, Va. Those wood platforms are slick in the rain. This park had a nice lake with a beach.

easy · Post by **easy** » Mon Sep 23, 2013 2:02 pm

Shendora State Prk (Andy Guest) campground very very beautiful.

TVB · Post by **TVB** » Tue Sep 24, 2013 2:24 pm

That sleeping pad looks familiar.

easy · Post by **easy** » Fri Sep 27, 2013 10:36 pm

Skyline drive and Blue Ridge Parkway was great. Might ride the dragon on my home in the mrning. I didn't take pics only a cell phone camera but was awesome views.

Wolfhound · Post by **Wolfhound** » Sun Sep 29, 2013 10:38 am

Hope you did the Dragon!! I have done it riding my TGB Del 150 and hope next year to do it on the 170i. If you do ride it be sure to stop at the Deals Gap motel/ resturant. Great food.

easy · Post by **easy** » Sun Sep 29, 2013 2:51 pm

I did it and stopped on the TN side for cheeseburger and got a couple of stickers. I had a couple close calls luckily I was on the right side of my lane on right turn cause a on coming sport bike was passing a car and was in my lane by a couple of feet. I scraped the side stand a couple of times. I will do it again but not on the weekend too crowded.

viney266 · Post by **viney266** » Sun Sep 29, 2013 2:59 pm

^^ Glad you had a great trip.

Agreed on the dragon...Been there several times, even before it had a name

. There are too many people there on the weekend that think it is a racetrack. It is still a great road and the scenery is awesome too. I have to get there on one of my scooters ( only been on motorcycles so far )

Wolfhound · Post by **Wolfhound** » Sun Sep 29, 2013 5:42 pm

Weekends are scary what with the crotch rocket kids knee dragging and the
sports car crowd seeing how fast they can make the turns. There are several kills each season and the Tree of Shame at the top is hung with wreckage parts.When I rode it I came thru an S curve and passed a wrecker getting a Beemer bike of the upper bank. Rider was all right but the Beemer did not
look so good. I call the road up on the NC side the Tail of the Lizzard. Decent curves on it, gets you warmed up for the real thing