US 221 - Independence, VA to Boone, NC - By neckyzips

i grew up in Sparta, have ridden this road all my life on sport bikes and more recently sport touring bikes. its a fantastic road. but lately its full of gravel, lovely NC DOT thinks dumping gravel on the roadsides is a wonderful idea, personally i think its a plan to slow motorcyclists down, and it works... just be careful!