Alert, Long post! Last Thursday my wife and I loaded the Superglide on a rented uhaul motorcycle trailer and headed out for a few days of riding in western N.C. We had rented a cabin in Topton, N.C. and arrived at the cabin late afternoon after some sightseeing on the way up. We unloaded the bike and unhooked the trailer then drove into Andrews, N.C. for a few items at the nearest grocery store, a 30 mile round trip. We arrived back at the cabin at dusk, and man it gets really dark really quickly up there. No cell service but had satellite TV reception. Friday morning we fixed breakfast and had coffee on the front porch with a beautiful creek babbling by the cabin. We got ready after breakfast and packed a few girlie essentials in the luggage rack bag and headed down to Hwy 19, a 6 mile ride. We rode several miles along the Nantahala river along 19 to Hwy 129 and headed North to Robbinsville where we gassed up then headed to Deals Gap. We passed Tapoco dam, some call it Fugitive dam since the dam scene from the movie the fugitive was filmed there. We stopped at Deals Gap for the obligatory pictures with the dragon and the place was packed with motorcycles and sports cars readying for the assault on the dragon. We left Deals Gap at about 12:45 going North on 129 and at the halfway point, mile 5.5 we came upon an accident with several emergency vehicles and state troopers blocking the South bound lane. After completing the North bound ride, we turned around at Tellico Plains and headed back to Deals Gap to complete the ride both North and South. When we passed the accident scene, the road South was still blocked with emergency vehicles and a roll back wrecker. We stopped at Killboys at Deals Gap for the wife to buy a couple of tee shirts but no one seemed to know what happened with the accident, so we continued our ride down Moonshine highway to Fontana dam, N.C. We took some pics at the overlook at the base of the dam then road Hwy 28 around to the visitors center at the top of the dam. We met another rider while there who said he heard the rider who crashed on the dragon had died. From Fontana we rode to Bryson City, N.C. for dinner, then back to the cabin. I googled the dragon and was surprised at the number of deaths that have happened over the years, with both motorcycles and cars. There are many paved pull offs on the Dragon and I pulled over a lot to let faster cars and motorcycles around. With my wife on the back, I felt it wise to ride conservatively if I ever wanted her to ride with me again! All in all it was a great few days riding on some of the great motorcycle roads in the country with spectacular scenery. I can now scratch this one item off my bucket list!