May Bike Trip

I never knew how much fun could be had on a mountain vacation with a total of 14 people!  It was such a blast, I don't think I've laughed so much in such a long time.  We went with the biker group at church Assembled by Faith.  We had 8 bikes and 10 bikers.  Ken & I and Josh & Jamie were ride a-longs (with CiCi and David). 

My favorite part of the trip was the early mornings by the fire pit drinking coffee and talking.

We rode the Dragon's Tail (the 8 bikes, Ken, me, CiCi and David in the car, and Josh and Jamie in the truck) on Friday.  It was VERY curvy.  I think it was something like 312 curves in 11 miles and some of them were complete 90 degree turns!!! We stopped at "Deals Gap" before we got on it to get shirts, and take photos!

On Saturday we took some time to build some memories with friends.  We went on a hiking trip we will never forget with Josh & Jamie.  We went to a trail we found online stating it was an "easy to moderate" we were on a mission for some hiking and most importantly waterfalls!! However, we got off track some where along the way and ended up on a straight trek UPhill.  All I could think was "THIS is easy to moderate?" When we finally got to a point that Ken and Josh had to pull themselves up the hill with the trees, Jamie and I gave up haha.  We were done for!!  At the top of the trail the guys found 3 graves, and the trail ends suddenly.  Anyone who knows me knows my mind went to all the reasons they could be there, bears, serial killers, the last crazy people that thought they should take this route, etc.  We found out later that it was some settlers that used to live there before it became part of Smoky Mountain National Park and the children had passed.  It was a great trip with wonderful memories I do not think we will ever forget!

 

 

It was definitely a trip that I will never forget.  The memories are forever, which is good, because there are too many to blog about!!