I just returned from a motorbike trip to the mountains of TN and NC...I have seen the top of the mountain, and it is good. I didn't hit any wildlife this time, though there was one suicidal squirrel who ran across my path and got missed by inches...dammit, I should have better aim by now.
I found the coolest place ever. Loglick Gap, off the Blue Ridge Parkway. A big crevice with a cool name.