Tame the Dragon before CF 2006

[gulfcat]

This year I expect more people than just GMK and me!! You love your car ---- I dare you to drive it.

The Tail of the Dragon (http://www.tailofthedragon.com/index.html) is a famous (infamous?) stretch of US 129 in the Smoky Mountains, loved by motorcyclists and auto enthusiasts.... and Kenny & me! We drove it on the way to Fest last year & spent a weekend on it with CEG, and had a blast. It's "318 curves in 11 miles" (http://www.tailofthedragon.com/maps_dragon_road.html) with no intersections, and few places for speed traps.

We will run north through the Dragon to CougarFest from Robbinsville, NC on Wednesday morning, July 5. We need to start fairly early because it's likely to take an hour for a group to drive the Dragon, then 7 or so hours more to get to Fest. A secondary meeting place would be at Deal's Gap (which is on US 129 on the TN-NC line, and has lots of Dragon souvenirs).

I'm going to stay at the Microtel (http://www.microtelrobbinsville.com/) in Robbinsville, NC Monday & Tuesday nights beforehand. Peg & I plan to go to Robbinsville's Independence Day celebrations (http://www.grahamcountytravel.com/july4/index.html) , especially the "Antique Car Show" and fireworks, as well as fitting in at least one run up & back through the Dragon. The Microtel's listed on the Dragon websites and is used to Dragon riders/drivers, and was fine last October when CEG people stayed there.

Post if you'll join us - I know GMK is planning on it. And we want to know who else is really going to run with us.

[GrandMasterKhan]

Count me in, though I may want to arrive at Cougarfest a day early.

[XplosivePlushToy]

Id like to do this too, I'll let you know. Ill be going on leave for Fest so I should be able to do this.

[ND4SPD]

if I had more than a week, I would love to go down there and drive it... after Marges stories last year, its definitely one of my top 5 'auto-destinations' :)

Take lots of pictures! mount a vid-camera in your front bumper if you can- that would be awesome! :)

[fordrule]

if i am in town. this will be fun....lol

[XplosivePlushToy]

if I had more than a week, I would love to go down there and drive it... after Marges stories last year, its definitely one of my top 5 'auto-destinations' :)

Take lots of pictures! mount a vid-camera in your front bumper if you can- that would be awesome! :)

Ill mount my new digicam on my dash when i do it. Ill make sure and buy a few 512 mb SD cards before the drive haha.

[theandysho]

Screw driving, ride your bike on 129... I have. Now that's a nice run.

-A-

[GrandMasterKhan]

Gulfcat has several videos of me chasing sport bikes on US-129! woot!

[ov3n]

if I had more than a week, I would love to go down there and drive it... after Marges stories last year, its definitely one of my top 5 'auto-destinations' :)

Take lots of pictures! mount a vid-camera in your front bumper if you can- that would be awesome! :)

BS cerins.. the day you ever do some performance driving in your cougar is the day a ferret comes out of my butt. :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

ha i joke i joke
i keed i keed

[EternalOne]

is the day a ferret comes out of my butt

Ugh, now there's a mental image I didn't need for today. :P

E1

[ov3n]

dont you ever think about my butt again.

[EternalOne]

Great, now when we're all drunk at CF this year I'm gonna end up bringing up the ferret, I just know it. :D

E1

[gulfcat]

I like GMK's idea of getting to Fest on Wednesday - so Dragon runs Tuesday late afternoon & Wednesday moring runs before going on to Fest sound like a definite plan to me!! I've changed my original post to Wed.

Ken - I promise to digitize the film before CF this year!!

[MetallicaCougs]

I almost wish I didn't live so close so I could run it too. :(

[fordrule]

hopefully they let me go home before my 6-month mark.

[ilovemycar]

hopefully they let me go home before my 6-month mark.

Why? So i can spank that 3L all thru the mountains? :rofl:

[GrandMasterKhan]

Hehe hell. Marge has video footage of me spanking sportbikes through the mountains.

I recall shaking my fist at a corvette group which was going too slow for me. lol not really, they where a cool group. they where shocked they couldnt pull away from me in the slightest on the final turns.

[gulfcat]

OK, time to make up your minds...

[GulfKitten]

I know I'm going :biggrin:

[GrandMasterKhan]

come on people! Who is going roll with us? I cannot express how much fun driving the Dragon is! It makes the caravan to fest sooo exciting!

I'll give anyone who can keep up with my cougar in the twisties a free tank of gas!

[XplosivePlushToy]

Thats almost a grand right there GMK....

I'm going on leave starting the 22nd of june, but I'm heading to FL.

Sorry.