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250 bikers roar into the mountains in Thunder on the Parkway event
Proceeds benefit Hall-Dawson CASA programs
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Chris Lingerfelt of Dahlonega awaits the start of the Thunder on the Parkway motorcycle ride Saturday morning. - photo by Tom Reed
Some 250 motorcycle riders kicked off a ride from Gainesville to Asheville, N.C., Saturday morning. Thunder on the Parkway, an almost 300-mile round-trip ride, began in the Wild Wing Cafe parking lot on Jesse Jewell Parkway for the trip up the scenic Blue Ridge Parkway for a final destination in Maggie Valley. Riders from as far away as California, Indiana, Michigan and Virginia took part.