The Gulches 4th of July Night Ride

we rode out to the  http://www.gulchesorvpark.com/

they were having there annual 4th of July Night Ride

it was a super hot day, luckily we got some breeze without the top or doors on

 she's still clean

 the hill behind the jeep we climbed first thing

 we drove up and down this set of small but steep hills going down to a muddy bottom, this is where alot of the mud come from, we baha'd through it.

 this is an extreme hill climb, you must have complete roll cage and helmet, needless to say, we did not climb it

 

Kyle Playing on a pile of rocks

 

The View behind us

 a little muddy

 we stopped at the creek for a swim

 fireworks at dark, she's muddy now, inside and out. We are all muddy

The crew, we all had a good time

 the start of the night ride, there were at least 20 vehicles, mostly jeeps, we took the paths backwards, so it was a real difference from the trails during the day. It was going to be an easy trail ride, but we ended up going through double black and triple black trails backwards, these are the hardest trails minus the ones that require full rollcage. I was scared in a few spots, we were on two wheels more then once.

Folk school then home

 after breakfast in Murphy, we stopped in Brasstown to visit the Folk School

 The music Room

 The pond

 stone bench, with blacksmith forged legs

 the gift shop

 lots of pottery

 love the twig bench

 black smithed items, my fav

 twig arbor

 the gift shop outside

 scrap man, love it

a stop at Clays Corner

 look what Richard found

 these shirts were great, Opossum, the other white meat

 this man owned this bug for 30 years, he told us about all the cool local places to visit, off roading, fishing, hunting

 the opossum at Clays Corner

 our highway

 um, is this a bad sign

 yes it was, rain with no wipers and no top, not a good thing

 when the windshield comes to your forehead all the rain jumps off the top and hits you in the head, hard to see that way, and on the curvy road to boot

 oh look, a dam tractor trailer, luckily the rain let up

 we need a break after all that, so we stop behind Bridal Veil Falls

the rain cooled it down a bit, now maybe it will be a nice ride

 this is a view out my side of the car, I am so low I can see under the guard rails, a good drop off here. The joys of riding in a Cobra

• you are closer to nature, the smell of honeysuckle, roadkill
• you can enjoy the weather, wind in your hair, rain in your face
• smaller vehicle means togetherness, but too noisy to talk
• smaller vehicle means you pack light, no room to buy junk

 almost home

 curves? bring em'

 stopped at Strawberry Hill for some homemade ice cream

 love coke memorabilia

 they are getting awful commercialized, not the small town place it used to be, but they are the only ones that do homemade ice cream, I tried blackberry this time, love it

 picking strawberries

 see all the peaches, Richard hates to see the ones waste away on the ground