Sport Touring Corner By Norm Kern, MSTA Editor / ReasonsToRide.com Contributor
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Fun at the MSTA Big Lynn Lodge Rally, Little Switzerland, NC
2108-01.jpg The Big Lynn Lodge is located on a mountain ridge next to the Blue Ridge Parkway, a few miles south of Spruce Pine, North Carolina. It's one of the most beautiful settings you'll find for a motorcycle rally, and there are fantastic roads in every direction from the doorstep of the lodge. I attend the MSTA rally there every July, riding down through the back roads of Kentucky and Tennessee on Thursday, riding rally routes on Friday and Saturday and returning home on Sunday.
This year my friend Dan Steinberg, who recently moved to the area from Chicago, led the Friday ride. Dan's friends from Chicago, some locals and I made up a group of ten for the day's ride. 2108-02.jpg That's a larger group than I would normally like, but they are all expert riders and Dan is an exceptional ride leader. He took us on many of his favorite back roads few people know about. Dan likes regular breaks, and one of them included the unique Mast Store near Boone, NC. 2108-03.jpg 2108-04. jpg 2108-05.jpg 2108-06.jpg Lunch was at the Farmers Barbecue and Grill in Mountain City, TN. After lunch we continued Northwest and rode through Shady Valley on US421, also known as The Snake. Near South Houston Lake, we turned around, rode back down US421 toward Boone. then US19E to Spruce Pine. I got back in time to get a quick shower and help attendees load routes into their GPS. 30
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