I drove the bike to work and left at quitting time on Tuesday the 3rd. We spent two great days on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Thursday was a short ride to Mount Mitchell and back. Saturday was a trip from H’ville to Boone N.C. for lunch/dinner. For the return we rode up Hwy 421 and took Hwy 67 to Johnson City TN. We then caught the “new” part of I-26 back into N.C. This part of I-26 is nice. The traffic is light and not a lot of on/off ramps. The area it is in is somewhat remote.