That's my second year in a row. I recommend it to all. Deals Gap Motorcycle Resort is the only place to stay. It's cheap, clean, and the layout plus small rooms forces socializing in the evening. BYOB.

I also recommend riding the entire Blue Ridge Parkway. I rode it from one end to the other in two days last year. This year, with my buddy's tire trouble, we had to skip a bit of it in order to make up lost time.

The Cherohala Skyway is where people tend to kill themselves. You can carry some big speed into the bigger turns over there compared to the tight slow corners at the Dragon.