Little River Canyon / Lookout Mountain Ride...Alabama - Georgia-Tennessee

Alittle late in getting this one posted ...We rolled out Monday morning 12-28-09 in bitter cold temp's in the low 20's with Cullman , Alabama and The Downtown Grill as stop # 1 . The Downtown Grill is owned and operated by VRCC member Wayne ( Winghot ). He hooked us up with a outstanding meal ( Thank You Wayne ) .We had a nice group at the resturant but when it was time to ride only 7 bikes left with us. From Cullman we made our way up around Guntersville Lake on backroads to Fort Payne , Alabama for the first over-night stop.Was'nt as cold Tuesday morning with temp's in the low 30's when we rolled out for Little River Canyon.This first picture you can trust me on this no one was wanting to jump from the falls

Little River Falls....It was cool standing here and checking out God's handy work.




The road through Little River Canyon can give a motorcycle rider wood. We had zero traffic to worry with it was as if we owned the place. Shot down river from the falls.



Work was going on with the bridge but we did'nt see any workers maybe it was to cold

Few pictures as we entered the canyon.




Mushroom Rock thats stands right in the middle of the road...That could leave a mark

I love the road that runs along the canyon and the views ROCK.

dammit, I wanna go play. Too much ice and white stuff here to get out. Thanks for taking the time to share the ride.

See you out there
Smokey

After leaving Little River Canyon we made our way into Georgia on roads less traveled it was a " Let's see where this goes " kinda ride <---my favorite We found a beautiful lake that I can't remember the name of and the roads around it was outstanding for the art of motorcycling.

We came back into Tennessee along Lookout Mountain one of the group had never seen Raccoon Mountain Pumped-Storage Plant. The company I work for owns and operates this mountain. The road to the top will rip your pegs off with some outstanding tight curves . Keep in mind TVA has its own police force and just about all of them are real pricks so drag pegs at your own risk First picture is about half way up thats Chattanooga , Tennessee.

We was burning daylight as we neared the top of Raccoon Moutain. A awesome full moon followed us back off the mountain to the motel just outside of Chattanooga.You folks that made the call not to join us in Cullman , Alabama or cut out early the next day missed a great ride. We had a outstanding group of riders that stayed tight even in the twisties . Again special thanks to Wayne ( Winghot ) and the lady's that work for him the food and service was second to none at The Downtown Grill in Cullman , Alabama.



Few pictures from the top of Raccoon Mountain the last one is one of the generating units thats on display. TVA has four of these inside the mountain making power. Check out the link if interested. http://www.tva.gov/sites/raccoonmt.htm

Great pictures Joe, thanks for sharing. Its nice to see the Chrome Pony out and about too.

Jerry

jedishon wrote:Great pictures Joe, thanks for sharing. Its nice to see the Chrome Pony out and about too.

Jerry

I just looked to see where Katy ,Texas is and I've been there. We rode down last April to our friends home who live's in Friendswood. We stayed just outside of Houston and took several ride's while there and went through Katy. We rode all over that area the Galveston Bay area all around the Bolivar Penninsula where that hurricane tore everything to hell and back. He has a huge BBQ every Aprils Fool not sure if I can make the trip this year.Here's a few pictures from my April 2009 ride.

Joe,
I grew up riding on those roads, I am originally from Trion, GA just a few miles from there. We are truly blessed with some of the best riding within a days ride of here, currently I'm in Ringgold, GA, so I consider myself to be centrally located to Barbors, in Birmingham, AL, Jack Daniels Distillery in Lynchburg, TN and of course Mecca (The Tail of the Dragon) in Robbinsville, NC. So I get the best riding that GA, AL, TN and NC has to offer and all within a 3 hour ride form the house. That's not to say that other places don't have good riding as well, but any direction I head in from here, there are terrific rides to be had.

BTW, just looking at the picture of the lake, was it by any chance the James H. "Sloppy" Floyd lake just outside of Summerville, GA?

CAD