{"id":444,"date":"2013-06-02T22:30:29","date_gmt":"2013-06-03T02:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ride.ziaei.com\/ride\/?p=444"},"modified":"2014-12-14T12:48:26","modified_gmt":"2014-12-14T17:48:26","slug":"to-deals-gap-day-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ziaei.com\/ride\/to-deals-gap-day-11\/","title":{"rendered":"to Deal\u2019s Gap, Day 11"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today we started making our way home.\u00a0We left the cottage at around 9:00 am<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ride.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_6827.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-446\" alt=\"IMG_6827\" src=\"http:\/\/ride.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_6827-400x300.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_6827-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_6827.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We rode to Cherokee&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ride.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_6837.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-449\" alt=\"IMG_6837\" src=\"http:\/\/ride.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_6837-400x300.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_6837-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_6837.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/ride.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_6843.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-451\" alt=\"IMG_6843\" src=\"http:\/\/ride.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_6843-400x300.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_6843-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_6843.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The locals were having fun&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ride.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_6834.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-447\" alt=\"IMG_6834\" src=\"http:\/\/ride.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_6834-400x300.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_6834-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_6834.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Checked the air on the\u00a0tires&#8230;and took off for the Blue Ridge Parkway.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ride.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_6839.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-450\" alt=\"IMG_6839\" src=\"http:\/\/ride.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_6839-300x400.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_6839-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_6839-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_6839.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We already changed the original plan because we decided to ride back to Asheville through the Blue Ridge Parkway\u2026instead of riding north towards Detroit. The last section of the parkway\u00a0was one of the best and we wanted to ride it again.<\/p>\n<p>This is the\u00a0begging\u00a0of the Blue Ridge Parkway from the end!, the south entrance in North Carolina.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ride.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_6853.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-452\" alt=\"IMG_6853\" src=\"http:\/\/ride.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_6853-400x300.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_6853-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_6853.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The ride through the blue ridge was amazing &#8230; yet again.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ride.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_6865.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-453\" alt=\"IMG_6865\" src=\"http:\/\/ride.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_6865-400x300.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_6865-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_6865.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/ride.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_6916.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-456\" alt=\"IMG_6916\" src=\"http:\/\/ride.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_6916-400x300.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_6916-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_6916.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ride.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_6928.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-457\" alt=\"IMG_6928\" src=\"http:\/\/ride.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_6928-400x300.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_6928-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_6928.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/ride.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_6931.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-458\" alt=\"IMG_6931\" src=\"http:\/\/ride.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_6931-400x300.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_6931-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_6931.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The highest elevation at 6053 feet.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ride.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_6893.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-454\" alt=\"IMG_6893\" src=\"http:\/\/ride.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_6893-400x300.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_6893-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_6893.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/ride.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_6896.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-455\" alt=\"IMG_6896\" src=\"http:\/\/ride.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_6896-400x300.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_6896-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_6896.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We exited the parkway and took route 226 North and then the 19E North to Bristol<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ride.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_6996.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-463\" alt=\"IMG_6996\" src=\"http:\/\/ride.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_6996-400x300.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_6996-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_6996.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/ride.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_6992.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-462\" alt=\"IMG_6992\" src=\"http:\/\/ride.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_6992-400x300.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_6992-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_6992.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ride.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_7002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-465\" alt=\"IMG_7002\" src=\"http:\/\/ride.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_7002-400x300.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_7002-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_7002.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ride.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_6997.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-464\" alt=\"IMG_6997\" src=\"http:\/\/ride.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_6997-300x400.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_6997-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_6997-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_6997.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As you can see&#8230;the one on the back of the ride gets to be creative with the camera \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ride.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_7006.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-466\" alt=\"IMG_7006\" src=\"http:\/\/ride.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_7006-400x300.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_7006-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_7006.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We made it to KOA in Bristol.\u00a0 Actually thanks to Mehrdad we got here, I wanted to stay in\u00a0<a title=\"Pisgah Inn\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pisgahinn.com\/views_from_mt_pisgah.asp?counterStart=20\">Pisgah inn<\/a>\u00a0which is a hotel located in Pisgah Mountain with gorgeous views to the mountain range&#8230;but we do not have time on our timetable.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ride.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_6946.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-459\" alt=\"IMG_6946\" src=\"http:\/\/ride.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_6946-400x300.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_6946-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_6946.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So&#8230;here we are in\u00a0a cabin with noisy bed, noisy air conditioning, with view to a variety of RVs, \u00a0but we both were happy to avoid setting up the tent for once.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ride.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_7026.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-468\" alt=\"IMG_7026\" src=\"http:\/\/ride.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_7026-300x400.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_7026-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_7026-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/IMG_7026.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today we started making our way home.\u00a0We left the cottage at around 9:00 am We rode to Cherokee&#8230; The locals were having fun&#8230; Checked the air on the\u00a0tires&#8230;and took off for the Blue Ridge Parkway. We already changed the original &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ziaei.com\/ride\/to-deals-gap-day-11\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-photos","category-to-deals-gap","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=444"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":513,"href":"https:\/\/www.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444\/revisions\/513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ziaei.com\/ride\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}