Brendan & Tiffany Sullivan » drive

Motorcycle Ride

tiffany — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 01:21:49 +0000

On our motorcycle rides, Brendan and I often encounter interesting things. Two weekends ago we came across a Ford Model A meet in Clinton, Wisconsin. The cars were really cool.

6/5/11

Love,

Tiff

Winter Lake Superior

tiffany — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 13:00:54 +0000

This past weekend, we also stopped at Lake Superior for some quick photos of the ice and snow. It was very cold and windy!

road to Lake Superior

We stopped at Calumet Waterworks Park. Brendan is going to beat me to the shore!

1/8/11

Check out our footprints. In some places the snow was up to our knees.

The Lake!

Brendan on Lake Superior. See the frozen waves?

Can you tell I am really cold? I’m not wearing my parka because I wasn’t planning on leaving the car.

We went straight home and had hot chocolate.

Love,

Tiff

Weekend Snow

tiffany — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 13:00:31 +0000

This weekend we got some more snow. Here are a few pics of drifts and plowed results in a city that is about 15 miles north of us.

: Calumet, MI

: driveway “canyon”

: so pretty, it reminds me of the trees with white blossoms in the spring

Love,

Tiff

LS Pro Rally III

brendan — Mon, 18 Oct 2010 12:00:48 +0000

VW Beetle Rally Car. Awesome

This car belongs to Matt Huuki, owner of the body shop at which Tiff's Escape is being repaired

I love E30 BMW's. This was almost my favorite car there

Rally Racing is the best!

LS Pro Rally II

brendan — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 12:00:05 +0000

1st Gen CRX Rally Car

Front Shot

Dashboard

Roll cage is a tight fit

LS Pro Rally I

brendan — Sat, 16 Oct 2010 21:00:16 +0000

Datsun

One of the competitor’s cars. Datsun 510

-Brendan

Cades Cove

tiffany — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 12:00:06 +0000

Before Brendan left for Illinois/Michigan, I asked him to take me to Cades Cove one last time. He was happy to oblige since it meant he got to drive his new truck. =-P

8/10/10

We saw wild turkey,

galloping horses,

and deer.

Best of all, we saw two little black bears. Isn’t it cute?

I got a picture with the bear. Can you see it?

It was so pretty I had to take multiple pictures.

Goodbye Tennessee!

Love,

Tiff

Friday Flashback

tiffany — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 12:00:18 +0000

Here are some old photos of us on a drive in October of 2007. I believe it is Cherohala Skyway.

Brendan and one of his Miatas.

TYS, 10/9/07

I hope you enjoyed this blast from the past.

Love,

Tiff

An amazing fall drive on Cherohala Skyway

brendan — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 03:53:37 +0000

Today, Tiffany and I took a drive on a loop that we haven’t done in a long time. Cherohala Skyway goes through two national parks, Cherokee National Forest and Nantahala National Forest, thus “Chero-hala”. All but the last 10 miles or so of the road are in North Carolina, and the eastern end of Cherohala meets US Route 129 just south of the infamous Tail of the Dragon. We decided Friday night that we wanted to see if the leaves had started changing at all. A friend, Raymond Hawkins, came with us to hopefully enjoy the views. Leaving the Louisville/Greenback area, we weren’t too hopeful we would find many leaves changed, but as we started gaining altitude, we started seeing signs of color.

Cherohala Fall Leaves

A great variety of color

Finally we started seeing just vast amounts of changing leaves. The slopes we could see from the road reminded me of the grand finale at a 4th of July fireworks display. Just crazy amounts of colors, but still enough evergreens and “late” changing trees that the yellows, reds, and oranges were all the more vibrant. There was thankfully almost no traffic to speak of, so we took our time and stopped at a few pull-offs to get some photos outside of the car and stretch our legs. At one pull-off we saw a group of motorcyclists, two of them with my favorite motorcycles ever… BMWs.

R1100RS and R75 on Cherohala

After 50 miles or so of beautiful views, we got to the end of Cherohala Skyway and took a short detour to see Fontana Dam near Fontana, NC, which Ray had never seen before. The size of the water control gates is mind-blowing. The TVA did an excellent job of creating a nice little park and museum around the top of the dam. I forgot to take any pictures of that today, but here are a couple from a previous trip Tiff and I took out there. For a frame of reference, those chain link fences above the water gate are about 5′ high.

View from the road across Fontana Dam

Water Control mechanism for Fontana Dam (1 of 2)

Description of Water Control System at Fontana Dam

At last we headed home, and stopped at Deals Gap Motorcycle Resort for “lunch” (it was almost 4:00 pm). They have awesome Pulled Pork sandwiches. Tiff and Ray had Cheeseburgers which were reportedly also amazing. Really, if you ever visit this area, you owe it to yourself whether you’re a motorcyclist or not, to visit Deal’s Gap. It’s an awesome road, and the staff at Deal’s Gap Motorcycle Resort is always great, and their food is excellent and reasonably priced. $21 bought sandwiches, fries, and drinks for 3 of us. We found out they recently have installed a “bar” as well where they have a few domestic brews on tap.

Drove the Dragon back into Maryville, really wishing I’d installed my new Eagle GT tires before this drive. Oh well, maybe next time. I miss that road. I don’t drive it near as much since we sold the Miatas.

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