I believe that those are Guinea Hens. They travel in large packs and make a huge racket.
Below is my ride report for EOM
Photos from my ride of Fontana Road ( NC 28 ) and the Dragon ( US 129) at EOM on Saturday.
Roads go ever ever on,
Over rock and under tree,
By caves where never sun has shone,
By streams that never find the sea:
Over snow by winter sown,
And through the merry flowers of June,
Over grass and over stone,
And under mountains in the moon. - - - - JRR Tolkien
The picture above was just before Fontana Road goes from 4 lanes into two. There were 2 cops about 1 mile behind me with their lights on. They were the only ones I saw in NC
This was taken at Fontana Dam. Fontana road was new to me but about as much fun as the Dragon for sure. There was a scene from the movie "The Fugitive" with Harrison Ford
The King beneath the mountains,
The King of carven stone,
The lord of silver fountains
Shall come into his own!
His crown shall be upholden,
His harp shall be restrung,
His halls shall echo golden
To songs of yore re-sung. - - - - JRR Tolkien
The Dragon at Deals Gap. Below is it's treasure trove.
A close up to the sign
This below is a photo at the dam on the Dragon
Here's the Hobbit taking a cautious ride upon said Dragon
The woods shall wave on mountains
And grass beneath the sun:
His wealth shall flow in fountains
And the rivers golden run.
The streams shall run in gladness,
The lakes shall shine and burn,
All sorrow fail and sadness
At the Mountain-king's return! - - - - JRR Tolkien
This is just off the Dragon. The Foothills Parkway.
It's leisurely and with lots of turnouts much like the Blue Ridge Parkway
Roads go ever ever on
Under cloud and under star,
Yet feet that wandering have gone
Turn at last to home afar,
Eyes that fire and sword have seen
And horror in the halls of stone
Look at last on meadows green
And trees and hills they long have known. - - - - JRR Tolkien
There and Back Again!
P.S. JICYWW The Kanji characters on my bike mean "Jinba Ittai" roughly translated as man horse one body.
