Hot day in Chattanooga

View of Riverwalk and Ross' Landing, Tennessee Aquarium and the Market Street Bridge, being renovated.


Across the river, Coolidge Park.


Unicyclist. Sorry I didn't catch the kid who was chasing him further back.


Same guy, slaloming across Walnut St. Bridge.


Taking advantage of the fountain.


Taking advantage of the shade.

(Posted these photos from my Flickr collection, since Bloggerbot isn't working today. I may like this way better.)

On Hiwassee Lake. 

Ribbon cutting near Murphy for new development (centered by an old-looking barn), Shoals at Glen Airie. 

Along Shoal Creek. 

View from the barn. 

Cherohala ride

Along the Tellico River, on way up the Cherohala Skyway (from Tennessee to North Carolina); these photos from a ride on Wednesday.

Long distance views, on the way up to the highest point, where there were still no leaves on some trees at a mile high.

Transportation. 

High forest with remnants of ancient chestnut trees. 

Rhododendrons. Seems a bit early at this altitude (nearly a mile high)... 

From the top, the road winds down to Robbinsville. 

Nantahala River. 

Dark and light. 

Roadside poppies. 

Up close. 

In Maggie Valley

A stop on Tuesday's ride at the Wheels Through Time museum; motorcycle and transportation history heaven.

Owner Dale Walksler starting up one of the old ones. 

This one runs too. 

Out front, beautiful Maggie Valley. 

Ready to ride. 

Well, I remember 25c...many years after this was in operation.... 

New header photo

This one is looking east toward Andrews, NC, from U.S. 19/74; this area was called Valleytown when it was a Cherokee settlement, along the Valley River which flows to Murphy and the Hiwassee River, 15 miles to the west.

On top of the Blue Ridge

Technically this is not the Blue Ridge. These photos are from a short ride on the Blue Ridge Parkway yesterday; the section from Pigeon Gap to Balsam. This part of the Parkway covers the much higher Pisgah and Balsam ridges: the Blue Ridge is to the South, in the distance in some of these photos, near the South Carolina and Georgia state lines.  

I have more photos from yesterday to post, especially from the Wheels Through Time museum in Maggie Valley, and some from today, from the Cherohala Skyway and along the way. Will get them in next day or so.

What can I say, it's just been a nice couple days for riding the mountain roads....

Spectacular color on the roadsides.