Deals Gap 2015
We took our way up to Interstate 81, slab back as fast as we could. Then I was over confident of my Ducati, and ran out of gas. When we got back too early, we decided to take 211 up the mountain pass, through Luray. The Ducati fired up no issue the second gas was in, it didnt skip a beat.
Here are some pro-shots at the Dragon.
We rode interstate 40 to Deals Gap skipping the rest of the blue ridge parkway for the return. We made one pass to the gap and took our photo and slab back and headed back on the blue ridge up towards Boone, where we ended the night.
We did many miles today. I got over 190 miles on third tank on the Hyperstrada. We took the blue ridge parkway all the way down. If we were on 81, it might not have been a lot of miles, but on the blue ridge parkway 486 miles is a lot of miles for one day. At the end of the days ride, things were even more complicated by the rain. We put on our rain gear, and it cleared up, we took it off and it rained again. By the time we were closing down the day, it was constant rain, and the sky has darken. It was not a very exciting ride and the going was slow as visibility was poor. We finally ended in Asheville, in a Days Inn just off of interstate 40.
Two weeks before I was slated to take a student tour group to Europe for 21 days. I bought a new Ducati. I wouldn't say I was addicted to the motor, but I definitely yearn for the way the Ducati twin road after I sold my Monster 800 to Jeff. I have always wanted to buy another Ducati, and when Josh told me he could hook me up with the dealership at him house, I couldn't pass up the deal. It was a 2014 model, and we are mid way through the year. The bike was sold to me as the salesmen state "we didn't make a penny off this sale".
I rode off, what must be the deal of the century for a new bike. It was still in the crate, and they had to assemble it. I waited a bit and went home on my brand new Ducati.
Just a week before I left for my trip, I decided that I would take a super quick trick down to Deals Gap, because my summer student tour was going to take 21 days and therefore I wouldn't have any days left for me to take another trip when I return. I rode with to Jeff's house, then we went down to Lake Anna and stayed at Josh's lake house. Josh's place was very convenient, its the only place we can ride to after work and still shave over 100 + miles of the trip with a great lodging with all the creature comforts.
