The next day we headed for Deal's Gap again (like you do) and were greeted by a live band and free BBQ sammiches. Hard to beat that....

Lots of people watching at the Gap today. No shortage of weirdos in attendance....

And Harley riders doing what Harley riders do - drinking and riding. Now I'm scared to ride anymore...

At least they're wearing the latest and greatest in safety gear (not!).

Hadn't gone to far when we happened upon an accident scene. An older gent on his HD had failed to negotiate a bend in the road and went down pretty hard.....

Rita was kind enough to hold the guy's hand for about about an hour to soothe him while we waited on the ambulance. Due to the remote location, it took quite awhile for it to get there. As there was a 3 hour drive to the nearest hospital, a helicopter was on the way to get him there.

We rode rather carefully the rest of the way back to the cabin that day.

The next day we headed back up to the Cherohala Skyway to see what we missed behind the clouds a few days before...

Enough messing around, we gotta get back to the cabin....

Made it back around 9:30 PM that evening. Long day of riding, but it was worth it.

Just had to stop at the Highest Point for a pic or two.....

The Gang taking it all in.....

Views along the Parkway in the late afternoon Sun are better than average....