It started in Mt. Vernon

Part 2 of 2  -  Deals Gap to Cherohala and back home.   To see part 1 of 2 click here... https://rdside.blogspot.com/2025/08/hwy-129-and-back.html 228 miles to go.  I went left out of the Deal's Gap parking lot on 129.  It's 20 miles to Robbinsville, NC.  The first part takes you past the Cheoah Dam.  Also called "The Fugitive" Dam.  In the 1993 movie,  Harrison Ford took a header off the dam into the water below to get away from Federal agent, Tommy Lee Jones.  You might recognize it.  More on the Cheoah Dam ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheoah_Dam      A couple of miles out of Robbinsville, is Hwy 143, and a nice gas station. A right turn takes you to the Cherohala Skyway.  I stopped to check the weather.  After talking with a few people, I put the hoodie back on for the higher elevations.  They said, "It's at good 20 degrees cooler up there."  Between the adrenaline, and the giant biscu...