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Tuesday, 13 November 2018 |
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Wheels Throught Time - Maggie Valley Ride 2018 (August 27, 2018)
The Wheels Through Time museum is located in
Maggie Valley NC. and houses a collection of 300 rare and unique
motorcycles. The museum is owned by Dale Walksler and opened in 2002 in
a 38,000 foot facility. The unique thing about the museum is that just
about every bike on exhibit is in running condition where the nickname
"The Museum That Runs" came from. On Monday, we headed out from our campsite north
of Knoxville and headed south east along I-40 to Maggie Valley. The day
was warm and the sunshine made for a nice ride through the mountains.
After a great breakfast at the Maggie Valley Restaurant we headed to the
museum. After touring the museum, we rode
US-19 through town to see what else Maggie Valley had to offer. We
visited a few of the tourist shops for T-shirts and other items and
cooled the day with an ice cream from a shop from the Market Square. The day was getting late and we started our ride
back to Knoxville. The clouds started to build as we headed north only
to be met by a few drops of liquid sunshine. As the drops began to get
bigger and more frequent, it was evident that we would have to make an
unscheduled stop. By the time we reached exit 435 just outside of
Newport the roads had started to flood. We took refuse at a Weigel's gas
station and parked the bikes under the gas pump roof and headed inside
for some warm drinks as the rain had turned the air cool. As the rain
subsided, we moved to a local McDonalds to feed our growing hunger while
waiting for the storms to progress further north and out of our ride
destination.
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