TAIL OF THE DRAGON TRIP NOTICE!!!

[rascal_rascal_99]

If you plan on coming for the trip in october, or if you think it might even be a possibility, you NEED to be making reservations to stay there ASAP!! We picked what should be an incredible time of year to go, unforunately this isn't a secret and lot's of other people are thinking the same way as us...this means that rooms are filling up VERY quickly, there's not a whole lot left at Fontana Village so you need to be calling and making reservations if you plan to stay there! This is their peak season and what's available right now won't be available for long!

www.fontanavillage.com (http://www.fontanavillage.com)
1 828 498 2211
1 800 849 2258

[XLR8]

My bag's already packed! :D

[vett boy]

Old Dog wants to do this and is trying to Convice me.If i'm sure i'll have my 07 by then-if i can incorp.with a Miss. trip -if I can go from Miss. Off to Florida For winter storage -if I can still get a room-I'd love to try this. Steve

[XLR8]

Old Dog wants to do this and is trying to Convice me.If i'm sure i'll have my 07 by then-if i can incorp.with a Miss. trip -if I can go from Miss. Off to Florida For winter storage -if I can still get a room-I'd love to try this. Steve

C'mon and join us, Steve - you and Old Dog too! Though I can't help you with your timing, it is possible to get to MS from TN and to FL from MS, but only on days that end in "Y". ;)

:w Jane Ann

[KOPBET]

What is TOTD?

:w

[rascal_rascal_99]

Old Dog wants to do this and is trying to Convice me.If i'm sure i'll have my 07 by then-if i can incorp.with a Miss. trip -if I can go from Miss. Off to Florida For winter storage -if I can still get a room-I'd love to try this. Steve

If you took out all the "if's", there wouldn't be anything left! :L

Really though, if you can work things out to make it, it would be nice to have ya!...omg...I just said that big little "if" word too...doh! lol

Kopbet, TotD is short for Tail of the Dragon...sorry for the confusion.

[KOPBET]

Kopbet, TotD is short for Tail of the Dragon...sorry for the confusion.

Pardon my ignorance, but what exactly is the that? Where?

[rascal_rascal_99]

Pardon my ignorance, but what exactly is the that? Where?

Sorry for the further confusion!


It's a stretch of highway 129 near the Tennessee/North Carolina border. 318 curves in an 11 mile stretch of road...and not just little curves back and forth in the road, the type curves where if you're not careful you'll rear end yourself. It's claimed to be the curviest stretch of road in north america, has no side roads that turn off of it or driveways, although there are a couple of "scenic overlook" type wide spots in the road. The road its self is so crazy that it basically turned into a tourist attraction on it's own for sport bikes, cruisers, motards, sports cars...and just about anything else you can ride too.

www.tailofthedragon.com (http://www.tailofthedragon.com)

[XLR8]

KOPBET

Here's a map of the Dragon from Rain's website. It is an incredible road - I drove it for the first time on my CruiseFest trip. The scenery is beautiful and the curves are awesome!

I highly recommend it to any Corvette enthusiast making a trip to the SE US.

BTW... If I can make the trip West next year, I'm going to hit you up for some info about the Oklahoma section of Route 66! ;)

:w Jane Ann

http://www.thegroovybean.com/Rain/cherohalaskywaywebshow/images/DRAGONmap%20copy.jpg

[zlichus]

What are the dates? Gerald is scheduled to arrive back in MS on Oct. 6. What about Cruisin the Coast?

[rascal_rascal_99]

What are the dates? Gerald is scheduled to arrive back in MS on Oct. 6. What about Cruisin the Coast?

Oct 13-16

more information in the other thread in this forum here (http://www.corvetteactioncenter.com/forums/showthread.php?t=84714)



If anyone wants to come along and Fontana Village has filled up, I do have another list of decent local hotels for suggested places to stay at.

[vett boy]

Do you start at the north end and finish in the south? Steve

[rascal_rascal_99]

Do you start at the north end and finish in the south? Steve

Both! :lou

[vett boy]

Now i'm confused.Your dealing with someone here who was born with an undersized brain.When we're all done is the nose of the car heading north or south ? Steve

[rascal_rascal_99]

Now i'm confused.Your dealing with someone here who was born with an undersized brain.When we're all done is the nose of the car heading north or south ? Steve

Leaving from Fontana Village in the mornings, we'd start out running it from the south end heading north....once we get to the end of it, turn around and run it in the other direction if we want to after giving the cars (brakes) a chance to sit and cool down, if not we'll find a loop to make somewhere and who knows where we'll end up. I don't think any of us have actually sat down with a map to plot out how or where we'll cruise...and I'm kind of thinking we may or may not ahead of time, possibly getting together with a map friday evening so we can decide on where we want to go. There's an incredible amount of beautiful country and roads to cruise in the area.

Is it clear as mud yet?

[KOPBET]

Sounds like 11 miles of Corvette acceleration exhilleration! Thanks for the info.

:w

[KOPBET]

BTW... If I can make the trip West next year, I'm going to hit you up for some info about the Oklahoma section of Route 66! ;)



Lookn' forward to it!!

http://cart66pf.org/66caravan/images/hwyOklahomaRT66.gif

[vett boy]

I got'cha-may head west on a north /south highway and could end up in Savannah or Houston OR OR ! Yep I got it now ,semi count me in.My wife asked if i'd be back for new years eve to watch the grand kids.I told her not to hold her breath.You fella's must have stayed up last night to watch my man win Daytona. ----Steve

[vett boy]

I'm in ! made my reservation. --Steve

[MsSchroder]

I'm in ! made my reservation. --Steve
Fantastic
You may have to become an honorary member of the SE group :m

[XLR8]

I'm in ! made my reservation. --Steve

Cool! Looking forward to meeting you, Steve. Between all of us and Mapquest we'll get you there! ;)

Jane Ann

[Old Dog]

[quote=XLR8]Cool! Looking forward to meeting you, Steve. Between all of us and Mapquest we'll get you there! ;)

Jane Ann:

Do you know how many are going for sure??

[Ghost]

... The road its self is so crazy that it basically turned into a tourist attraction on it's own for sport bikes, cruisers, motards, sports cars...and just about anything else you can ride too.

www.tailofthedragon.com (http://www.tailofthedragon.com)

...the nice officers' radar units, too!:eyerole

[vett boy]

Fantastic
You may have to become an honorary member of the SE group :mYou haven't met me yet.As I told rascal I'm the reason for special ed in the school system and I invented ADD.Now the good news is i'm to far north to be a yankee and old dog has been assigned to watch me.Lodge has a nice pool for skinny dippin'-See ya there Steve

[vett boy]

Cool! Looking forward to meeting you, Steve. Between all of us and Mapquest we'll get you there! ;)

Jane AnnThanks,IF I have the 07 it was ordered with one of those jobbies so I don't get lost.If I still have the 03 I'll drive around till I find North Carolina. __thanks Steve

[Old Dog]

You haven't met me yet.As I told rascal I'm the reason for special ed in the school system and I invented ADD.Now the good news is i'm to far north to be a yankee and old dog has been assigned to watch me.Lodge has a nice pool for skinny dippin'-See ya there Steve

Be sure you bring your MEDS, Lots of them!!! :L

[MsSchroder]

I started a new thread to keep a head count and to round up the other threads. Anyone interested, let us know in that thread and we'll update the first post.

http://www.corvetteactioncenter.com/forums/showthread.php?p=729918

Tammy