So here I am at the office. I could be doing something productive when instead I am day dreaming...
Deal's Gap one of the best and most difficult vacations of my life.
I remember the drive down almost like it was yesterday.
Mind you it was a while ago.
I remember the torrential down pour that hit us while caravaning south. There was so much rain hitting our windsheild that I honestly couldn't see anything. Infact no one could.
When I finally got the truck to stop at what may have been the shoulder (couldn't see) I put my hazzards on and felt like the truck was still moving. I checked ahead on the 2 way to see how the others were doing.
We all drove down, and trailered our bikes. I remember thinking "that's it, the poor YZF isn't going to even start when we get to the gap."
The drive to our resort was AWESOME. through the mountains. I especially remember a few of the road signs as we drove through the rocky mountains. Some were a little curvy some were just out of cont
rol, and I wish I could find a picture of the one that scared me most. Unfortunately I don't have it on my work pc, but it was similar to the one in the picture to the left exept for the fact that it looked like a "loop de loop". I didn't know what we were in for, but I was excited. :D
Driving a GMC Sierra with 2 bikes on a trailer behind you through these roads was awesome. I had such a good time.
Once we got to our resort the axiety set in. We didn't stay at the Crossroads of Time aka the CROT (That's what it use to be known as) We stayed at a resort 15mins away. It was
really up hill and really up high! so geting the bikes off the trailer was going to be quite a work out. I also had trouble riding the bike down that hill because I only have the balls of my feet on the ground at normal levels ... extreem downhill roads make for an interesting ride.. and god forbid I have to stop...
AH the memories...
I was looking through some of the phots that were posted by the owner of the resort, and I can't tell you how much I miss that place.
The ride it's self is something like 119 cambered corners in 11 miles. Some are uphill and tight and some are downhill and tight. The whole purpose is to ride the 11 miles every chance you get.
Some people ride hard others with in their ability.
And some just make mistakes. When you visit the CROT, can stop in and take a gander at the Tree of Shame where peices of some ones favorite ride end up after a boo boo at the gap.
There are even stories about deputies having the misfortune of trying to catch a sportbike who was "speeding" through the gap. I think there is a picture on the bulletin board of his costly mistake. I think the deputy survived and was virtually unscathed. :D
Surrounding the gap there are numerous highways that are a joy to ride and make their way around some beautiful scenery and have some long hispeed corners.
Sigh ... instead stuck here.... HELP!
