Wake the Dragon 3
03-22-2005, 09:03 AM
#31
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sounds good. i still need to confirm with my mom on her availability to watch the kids... once that's done, i'll be sending my check and ordering the wrist thing...
by next week, i should know for sure what's the plan.
last i looked -- 101 cars.
by next week, i should know for sure what's the plan.
last i looked -- 101 cars.
04-12-2005, 03:47 PM
#33
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definitely sounds like it will be wild...
we should finalize plans sometime this weekend... the hotel we went w/ has a continental breakfast, but i wouldn't mind skipping it for something a bit more substantial.
we should finalize plans sometime this weekend... the hotel we went w/ has a continental breakfast, but i wouldn't mind skipping it for something a bit more substantial.
04-13-2005, 09:21 AM
#35
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Cracker Barrel ranks high for my wife i can assure you. 
i have a pretty nice set of radios myself... actually, 1 is mine as Brashland and i split a set. so, i'm good for a radio or possibly 2.
my only concern regarding the Cracker Barrell will be in and out times.
also approx. 5 pm arrival = 8 hrs drive time (Google estimated) + 1 hr time change + 1 hr random gas, bio breaks, and sandwich lunch = about 9-9.5 hrs total. so, i'm thinking we should be gassed and rolling around 7:30 am.
i'm SO not a morning person. 
i'm thinking a 5pm arrival will give us check-in time, quick shower/freshen up/change, rest, track down friends, and ready for dinner around 7pm.
i have a pretty nice set of radios myself... actually, 1 is mine as Brashland and i split a set. so, i'm good for a radio or possibly 2.
my only concern regarding the Cracker Barrell will be in and out times.
also approx. 5 pm arrival = 8 hrs drive time (Google estimated) + 1 hr time change + 1 hr random gas, bio breaks, and sandwich lunch = about 9-9.5 hrs total. so, i'm thinking we should be gassed and rolling around 7:30 am.
i'm SO not a morning person. i'm thinking a 5pm arrival will give us check-in time, quick shower/freshen up/change, rest, track down friends, and ready for dinner around 7pm.
04-20-2005, 12:31 PM
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From http://www.tailofthedragon.com/news_articles2005.html:
Looks like y'all will hit the big enforcement weekend for the season.
Three injured motorcyclists were airlifted from U.S. 129 Friday by Lifestar and two more on Saturday (4/16). Almost all the crashes occurred on the Dragon, the 11-mile section of the highway between Tab Cat Creek and the North Carolina state line famous in motorcycling circles for its 318 curves...
According to Tail of the Dragon, ``BCSO (Blount County Sheriff's Office) began a stricter enforcement in the afternoon (on Friday) -- and we can't blame them. If you are coming to the Dragon this weekend, we advise you to ride safe and within the law.''..
The Monday (4/18) crash is the fifth one on The Dragon since Friday. There were three motorcycle crashes on Friday, and the fourth happened about 1 p.m. Saturday and involved Edmund Ware, 51, Taylor, S.C., and wife, Sylvia Ware, 46...
According to Tail of the Dragon, ``BCSO (Blount County Sheriff's Office) began a stricter enforcement in the afternoon (on Friday) -- and we can't blame them. If you are coming to the Dragon this weekend, we advise you to ride safe and within the law.''..
The Monday (4/18) crash is the fifth one on The Dragon since Friday. There were three motorcycle crashes on Friday, and the fourth happened about 1 p.m. Saturday and involved Edmund Ware, 51, Taylor, S.C., and wife, Sylvia Ware, 46...
Looks like y'all will hit the big enforcement weekend for the season.
