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GREAT ROADS: Cherohala Skyway

Posted by Rob Brooks | Apr 23, 2025 | Rides & Roads | 0 |

15 Best Motorcycle Rides in the USA

Posted by Rob Brooks | Dec 28, 2020 | Rides & Roads | 10 |

Appalachian Playground

Posted by Ted Edwards | Oct 29, 2020 | Ride Life, Rides & Roads | 10 |

GREAT ROADS: Cherohala Skyway

by Rob Brooks | Apr 23, 2025 | Rides & Roads | 0 |

I first came to ride the Cherohala Skyway a few years after it opened, in 1998 or ’99. I rode up with a group of CMA friends from the Atlanta area, and we spent a day riding the parkway from Robbinsville NC to Tellico Plains TN. After a hearty late lunch at the popular Tellicafé on the western end of the skyway, the group turned around and rode back across that afternoon. It was early October as I remember, and the mountains were awash in the colors of autumn- gold, orange, red, purple, with pine evergreen interspersed.
It was magical. I was hooked.

15 Best Motorcycle Rides in the USA

by Rob Brooks | Dec 28, 2020 | Rides & Roads | 10 |

Whether it’s weather, holidays, or some other circumstances that keeps me from riding, being off the bike for too long always leaves me with an itch- something many of us can relate to. Being cooped up in the house even without the occasional escape for a few hours of riding can get old. I have the overwhelming urge to pack my gear on the bike, throw a dart at a map and hit the road! You know what that means- get out your motorcycle road trip checklist and start the planning process. This will be over before we know it, so we had best be ready!

Appalachian Playground

by Ted Edwards | Oct 29, 2020 | Ride Life, Rides & Roads | 10 |

If you want a land to get into your soul, ask it to dance. Roam through its curves, flirt with its scenery, stop and stare at its unfolding landscape and it will talk to you, revealing itself like an intimate dance partner. Ask the landscape questions and it will whisper the answers in your ear, embedding it into your memory forever. As a northwest native, I never thought I could feel that way about Fall in the Appalachians.