chattanooga run

the planets were finally in the perfect alignment to portend a good run to chattown, so i jumped on the cock-a-roach and hit the highways. the signs were looking good, cause i ran into this gorgeous indian coupla counties out from the city. i kept telling the guy i hated his guts the entire time, haha

 

pretty uneventful but beautiful ride up to the edge of the cumberland plateau, then things got really fun. after a nice series of switchbacks up the mountain, i met my little brother and 2 other riders at the edge of sewanee for some grub, beer and coffee...in that order. saw a sweet rat rod in the lot there at shenanigans and then we were off, swooping down into the sequatchie valley, and back up and over three different ridges with the craziest switchbacks and curves i've ever ridden a bike on. freakin gorgeous scenery but i was so busy trying to keep up with these local boys, i had no time to enjoy it. these fellas were definitely more comfortable with the twisties than my limited experience so came real close to getting out of my league on a couple of the switchbacks, trying to keep up with them. flirted with the shoulder a couple of times, then had to back off. the solo ride on the way back today was definitely more laidback, i could wuss out in solitude haha.

my lil bro took me to this swanky low brow dive in the lobby of what was obviously a scumbag hotel at some point in its history. the wallpaper and decor killed, it was love at first site. super stiff drinks and damn good fried chicken. after meeting up with his new lady, a fun ass ginger beauty, we did a lil more bar hopping and retired back to his casa for some late night drunken madness and yelling haha. good times...

then this morn, with a swollen head that needed lots more sleep, we hit the local greasy spoon and parted ways. they were heading down the ocoee and i had to hightail my sunburned ass home(haha i had ridden the day before with my sleeves rolled up a bit and gloves on, so had sunburn gauntlets on each arm). took my sweet time on the mountain part of the return trip, tooks some photos but couldnt recall all the pleasant shots i missed the day before and missed a couple of the routes we took, but it was still a helluva a weekend...thanks bro

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