What a great idea it was to stay on top of the mountain last night. Though it rained really hard all night, by the time we woke up there were spots of blue skies. We didn't really care what time it was and just enjoyed ourselves making coffee and packing up camp. Bears didn't get us last night either so that is really good too.
We drove back around the locked gate and continued down the Blue Ridge Parkway, we had some some amazing vistas before the fog socked our views in, but the riding was still amazing despite the rain pelting us and the fog getting in our visors.
It was a sad day when we pulled off of the Blue Ridge Parkway, it was raining and we were kind of miserable. We also knew that our families were back home having a wonderful Thanksgiving meal while we were on the road. By chance on highway 76 we found ourselves a great place to have our thanksgiving meal, The Cabin. It was just what we needed in the cold wetness.
To continue our American Thanksgiving we went looking for some off-roading that we had planed. So we took root five and just could not find the road, pulling over at a gas station and asking a young local fellow in the Monte Carlo where the overpass was, he gave us the directions and off we went.
We spent about two hours switchbacking and phish-tailing around the foggy mountain gravel paths. It was a blast and we both were getting a work out when we came upon this little scene...
About the time we started our off-road adventure a woman came around this corner a little to fast and didn't quite make it, her car went over the edge and down the very steep embankment about 100 yards before stopping. When we arrived the Sheriff and Tow truck were already there and the tow cable had just snapped upon our arrival. The people there said the woman was fine and had been taken to hospital about an hour and a half ago.
We got out of the woods and picked up some beer and directions from a man who we could barely understand his accent was so thick.
For a little back story, before getting to The Cabin we bought some thanksgiving supplies including a blueberry pie, so through all of the driving and off roading the pie was banging around and was letting us know that it was banging around. When we finally arrived to our campsite in Talladega National Park we were in need of some pie so we opened it up and it was about 90% intact, all i can say is WOW!
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