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Sam Nabb of Wilmington, Delaware works see a woman riding and are encouraging. as she maneuvered the dips and angles. in bookkeeping and accounting for a Flame- Sam and Wayne love to ride and have Leaning right, then immediately leaning left. Tech® store that her brother manages. taken several motorcycle vacations. The first According to TailOfTheDragon.com this That’s where she met Wayne who installs was to Pennsylvania for a weekend where road, which begins at Deals Gap on the fireplaces. It wasn’t long before they started they saw many covered bridges. On another, Tennessee/North Carolina state line, is 318 dating and eventually married. they rode 10 hours to Niagara Falls. They curves in an 11-mile stretch of highway US

One weekend while on vacation in love to ride the long, twisty backroads. 129. It’s one of the most popular places in Virginia, Sam and Wayne rented scooters When they married in Colorado in 2017, the country for sports cars and motorcycles. to ride around the town. They had a blast! they rented a trike and toured around Every curve is different on this unique Sam (short for Sandee) had never ridden a together. While riding on the back section of highway. The tight turns and scooter or motorcycle before, and Wayne allowed her to enjoy the steep ‘S” curves make it a totally thrilling hadn’t ridden since he was a kid. scenery and ride. The Dragon has been featured in

Back at home, they decided to take pictures, several movies including “The Fugitive” and look at scooters since they’d Sam didn’t “Two-Lane Blacktop.” had so much fun. They like being a “It was amazing!” Sam said. She couldn’t came home from the store passenger. wait until she got home to let her brother with matching Yamaha Earlier know that she’d ridden the Tail of The

Virago 250s. From January this year they took a trip to Pigeon Forge, Dragon! “He can’t stop saying how happy he through May they practiced riding around the Tennessee and enjoyed riding the curvy is!” she said. Happy that she and Wayne got neighborhood. In May they took the MFS mountain roads. Sam’s brothers both ride to experience that exhilarating ride. (Maybe class which was both eye-opening and fun. and one of them told her and Wayne about secretly just happy they both survived it!)

After putting 4,000 miles on the 250s the Tail of the Dragon in the Smokey Sam has two adult children. Her son rides they traded up for Harley Sportsters. A Mountains. a Sportster. Her daughter hasn’t shown any few months later she had an accident and The GPS said they were about twenty interest in riding but seems very proud of totaled the bike, but she walked away with minutes away from the Tail of the her Mom riding. only bruises. Within a few months, they both Dragon when she saw a sign. “CAUTION Sam and Wayne plan to celebrate their got H-D Street Glide Specials. Since she’s MOTORCYCLES: High Crash Area next 11 fifth wedding anniversary by going back to only 5’ 2” she had hers lowered to better fit miles.” She knew this was it. With hearts Colorado. This time rather than flying and her size. pumping and adrenaline racing, they started renting bikes; they’ll ride across the country

Sometimes someone will comment on on The Dragon. on their own motorcycles. In the meantime, what a big bike that is for such a small “Oh, my Goodness!” Sam thought. “My they’ll enjoy riding any chance they get! woman. Overall people seem impressed to God, what am I doing?” she asked herself Myra McElhaney

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