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GWRRA Wing Ding 40 - Knoxville Tennessee
(August 28 - September 1, 2018)
Each year the Gold Wing Road Riders Association holds their annual
motorcycle event. This year event was held in Knoxville Tennessee from
August 28 to September 1, 2018.
Our home for the week was the Volunteer Park Family Campgrounds located
just off I-75 north of Knoxville. The campgrounds offered nice lots with
a store, laundry services, pool, and restroom/shower facilities.
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Our camp site and accommodations provided by our
riding partners Rich and Darci |
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A foggy morning at camp |
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A view of some of the camp
sites |
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fire pit and sitting
area |
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the office, store and
laundry |
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Welcome party and package
pickup
The
welcome party was held at the Museum of the Appalachia. The
museum is a
Smithsonian-affiliated museum featuring poineer
buildings and historical exhibts.
The Museum of
Appalachia, founded in 1969 by John Rice Irwin, portrays an
authentic mountain farm and pioneer village, with some three
dozen historic log structures, several exhibit buildings filled
with thousands of authentic Appalachian artifacts, multiple
gardens and free range farm animals, all set in a picturesque
venue and surrounded by split-rail fences. Plus, more than
250,000 artifacts are housed in 3 multi-story exhibit buildings.
These buildings contain vast collections of folk art, musical
instruments, baskets, quilts, Native American artifacts, and
much more.
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A few of the bikes parked
in the field |
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Waiting in line for our
tickets, and goodies for the event. |
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Vendor Show at the Knoxville Convention Center
The 500,000-square-foot
facility is positioned alongside the picturesque landscape of
the World's Fair Park between the urban core of the city and the
campus of the University of Tennessee.
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the vendor floor |
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helmets and com systems |
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Roadsmith trikes |
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the vendor floor |
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the girls taking a break |
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My bike getting new LED
headllights installed at the Electrical Connection booth |
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outside the convention
center |
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Sunsphere outside the
convention center |
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Dinner at Chesapeakes
downtown Knoxville .... |
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and Calhoun's on the River were
the highlights of our dining experience. |
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