Drove the "Rattler"

Read T

So I was up at my parent's cabin in the NC mountains for a long weekend of hiking and backpacking with some friends in and around Pisgah. Amazing times up there! A few miles away from the cabin stumbled upon "the Rattler", which is a beautiful road (especially during leaf season). Very similar to the "dragon" but hardly any traffic except for a few harleys and a 55mph speed limit. I have no clue who in their right mind would go anywhere near that speed on this road.

Very surprised I hadn't heard of the road before, and there's even a general store (complete with stocked rainbow trout pond!) at the south end selling "Ride the Rattler" stickers and shirts. I kind of don't want to say anything about this road because I don't want more traffic on it, but it was a brilliant drive and amazing views so wanted to share and invite people to come to visit the best state .


http://www.209therattler.com/
"The Rattler 290 Curves in 24 miles"

I did video the drive, and will note that I did not speed or cross the double-yellow I did not want to end my day in the bottom of a gorge or with a harley rider on my hood. Only did about 10 miles on the road before my passenger got really carsick and I had to turn around and let him drive back at 25 mph.



Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHWv3qLXxJs
I need an external mic and you can probably find better videos of the road on youtube from some bike guys.

Cheers!

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jaytirbhaw

Wow looks like a fun drive, I frequent the dragon but never heard of this one. Will have to check it out

Read T

Yeah, I found it to be more fun since it's longer, more turns, less traffic, higher speed limit, and not that well known. Also trout fishing.

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