War Hero - Kentucky Backroads Ride

We took off this morning headin' to Pall Mall , Tennessee to check out Alvin C. York his birth place ,home and grave site. Roads was wet when we rolled out however it turned out to be a decent day with high's in the mid 50's. Clink the link to read about Alvin C. York the dude was a true American hero.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvin_C._York


First few pictures are from The Big South Fork . I resize all my pictures that I post however the one with Lucky 13 ( Gordon ) doin' the wheelie on his Valkyrie Interstate I left full size ( eat your heart out Killboy )

Check out the Kawasaki Ninja in this photo ...This is the only shot I got of it while it was still all together he went down later in the day on a ol' Kentucky backroad out in the middle of nowhere. The bike had just a touch over 3,000 miles on it. Lance is OK and the bike got him home and is repairable.



We was on some great roads today with nice sweepers and curves in Tennessee and Kentucky. Next few shots are when we stopped to pay respects to Alvin York.

Wolf River, Tennessee is where Alvin C. York's farm is located just few shots taken at his homesite.




This is Mr. York's home






This is Mr.York's tractor






This is Mr. York's tank thats parked in his yard.







This is Mr. York's Statue of Liberty and my ridin' bud Greg.

We got off on some backwoods backroads out in the middle of nowhere up in Kentucky we even saw a snake that had been run over on one of these roads we thought it was pretty cool seein' a snake in Jan.Some of you folks that's rode with me will remember " The Road To Nowhere " we did it on " The Fall Color Ride " a couple years ago its outside of Bryson City, North Carolina. Well today we found " The Bridge To Nowhere " out in the middle of Nowhere,Kentucky.






The road that took us to the bridge is also the road Lance went down on the Kawasaki Ninja.




We did right at 300 miles today and 90% of that was all backroads.

Thanks for the pics, almost like being there with ya. Sucks about your bro that went down. Glad all is OK.

Again thanks. Keep em coming.

Moon

Thx. again for the pic's and the information.
Good to read your riding buddy is ok.

Smokin'Joe,
Some great pictures of a true legend and an American Icon. Sgt York was a "Hero", indeed. Thanks for sharing them with us. I hope Lance is o.k. It happens to ALL of us at one time or another. If you ain't ridin', you ain't fallin'!!!!!!! They make new bikes and new parts every day, they don't make new Lance's everyday. Anytime you can walk away from a crash, either, bike, car, truck etc, it's a good day. Semper-fi and ride safe. Mike

Great pics Joe, which one of your crazy assed friends stuck the nose of that interstate up in the air like that? Takes more balls than I have, for sure. Thanks for taking the time to share.
See you out there
Smokey

Great pics, thanks for sharing.

smokey2255 wrote:Great pics Joe, which one of your crazy assed friends stuck the nose of that interstate up in the air like that? Takes more balls than I have, for sure. Thanks for taking the time to share.
See you out there
Smokey

Thats Gordon ( Lucky 13 ) we've known each other since childhood and have shared the wind for thousands of miles over the years.