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Alabama Ride with Tristan – March 22,2026

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March 22, 2026

Planned Ride

The planned ride into Alabama with Tristan as Pillon was to ride into Alabama from Douglasville, Georga on Georgia Highway 5 / Alabama Highway 48, grab a quick lunch in Lineville, Alabama and then ride north on Alabama Highway 281 through the Talladega National Forest and then back to Douglasville, GA via non-interstate for a planned total of 178 miles roundtrip.

This section of Alabama Highway 281 has some nice twisties and some pretty hill country and rolls by Cheaha Mountain, at an elevation of 2,413 feet, is Alabama’s highest natural point.

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Death Valley Day 2

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Death Valley Day 2 – February 19, 2018

This was the first touring trip with Dexter, 2005 Harley-Davidson Ultra Classic.

I rode from Beatty, Nevada back to Death Valley coming in from Amargosa Valley and was planning on riding up to Dantes View, however the road to Dantes View was closed. 

I then rode down to Furnace Creek and headed to Artists Circle and Badwater, also in Death Valley.  From there I rode to Baker, California and stopped at the fantastic The Mad Greek and rode back to Lake Elsinore, California.

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Death Valley Day 1

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Death Valley Day 1 – February 18, 2018

This was the first touring trip with Dexter, 2005 Harley-Davidson Ultra Classic.

I rode from Lake Elsinore, California, to Lone Pine, California, through Death Valley, visited the Ghost Town Rhyolite, Nevada and stayed in a hotel in Beatty, Nevada.

The ride North on US Highway 395 was quite windy.  The descent into Death Valley on CA Highway 190 was entertaining with a well-maintained twisty road and breathtaking views of the valley below from the mountains.

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Dexter’s Last Tour – Deals Gap to Robbinsville North Carolina

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September 13 2025

Dexter’s Last Tour – Deals Gap to Robbinsville North Carolina on US Highway 129.

The weekend touring trip of the North Carolina / Tennessee mountains was the last touring trip with Dexter, my 2005 Harley-Davidson Ultra Classic.  On October 4th, 2025, I put down the deposit to purchase Bruce, my 2025 Harley-Davison Pan America 1250 Special.

The final ride (excluding ride to Atlanta Harley-Davidson for trade in) was on October 10th, 2025 when DeAndra and I rode from Douglasville, GA to Newnan, GA to have lunch at Culver’s (about 67 miles round trip).

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Santeetlah Road & Joyce Kilmer Road – North Carolina

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September 13, 2025

Not far from Robbinsville and Deals Gap North Carolina, I rode on Santeetlah Road and Joyce Kilmer Road on my way back to Deals Gap, North Carolina.

Joyce Kilmer road goes along a portion of Santeetlah Lake in the mountains of North Carolina just south of Tennessee.  This was a very scenic ride with some nice-looking camp sites along the way that I may try and take advantage of in the future.

Vonore to Tellico Plains -Tennessee

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September 13th, 2025

I rode the very scenic Tennessee Highway 360 from Vonore Tennessee to Tellico Plains Tennessee stopping at Iron Works Grill and Cherohala Harley-Davidson on the Cherohala Skyway.