Aiden and I just returned from a 7 day 1350 mile road trip Septmeber 15-20 2012. We left Inwood WV and stopped in Roanoke VA to meet and have lunch with one of our chapters there then on to Norton VA to meet another of our chapters for dinner. Spent the night there. sunday morning we left and went down thru Asheville NC to Maggie Valley NC and stopped at the Wheels through time motorcycle museum, we were on there facebook page before we left. Then over thru Cherokee and on to Deals Gap. We rode the Dragon that evening and again on Monday and Hellbender 28 that evening.Tuesday was a rain out but we had fun in the stream when it wasnt raining.Wednesday we packed up said good by to some new friends and headed out , we ran the Cherohala Skyway thenup thru Knoxville to see and old friend . Spent the night in central va . Thursday we visited Natural Bridge VA and headed home . Some where between there and Inwood WV my camera disappeared but I do have some pictures from my phone and I will upload them in bits and pieces.
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1 highway 26 at an overlook I think in TN
2 Aidens Tattoo from Cherokee Harley shop
3 Arrival at Deals Gap , Aiden is anticipating the ride , he couldn't wait we had to go ride after we unloaded the bike.
4 The Harley shop
5 Aidens new sticker on the sidecar, he has one on his helmet also
6 This photo was taken by Wheels through time motorcycle museum and was on their Facebook page before we left the building.
Very cool. I have been to all those places and hope one day to take my grandchildren. Where do you live?
Inwood WV
wvsporty - 9/29/2012 7:23 AM
Inwood WV
Very cool then you and your grandson had a nice ride. How old is he. Does he do anything while riding to keep busy? The reason I ask is so I can get ideas for my grandson?
Thanks
Jeff
Doug, looks like both you and Aiden have been having a great time, comes with doing the right thing. I have four grandkids and they all enjoy riding. I would love to take trip like you and aiden. We do get out around here. When the two boys were younger and in the same school(12 and 9 now), I would pick them up 30 to 60 minuts early and we would make a detour on the way, came close to being late a few times but we had fun. The girls (6 and 4) get there turns but not to school. I take care of them 4 days a week, 4 kids, 4 schools, 3 busses, and I haul the little one so I usally need my truck. Cuts a lot of the time to ride but we do when we can. Aiden is a lucky kid.
He's 3.5 yo He takes some small toys with him and we have our headsets to talk about the scenery and he sings. We recently found him a used kids portable dvd player we will see if that is necessary later.
Awesome Road Trip indeed!!
I have 5 grandchildren but only one rides much with me because the others are too sets of twins. The oldest set just turned two and the younger set are about 8 months. They all have the same mother.
On my ultra I am going to move the passenger plug for a headset from the right to the left so my grandson and I can talk while riding. When we hit the talk button it all so lowers the volume of the radio. We can all so both use the CB if we wish.
