Little Switzerland/Mt Mitchell/Rt 226 Drive on Wednesday
12-04-2011 | 05:19 PM
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12-05-2011 | 01:02 AM
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Originally Posted by Going Mobile_s2k' timestamp='1322895758' post='21206769
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Im in
Im in
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Are we talking early bird special, bathroom or driving?
12-10-2011 | 06:00 PM
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Ken I am in for this one, But I am thinking about trying to get up to Mount Mitchell for sunrise!!! and would meet you in Old Fort before the drive to Little Switzerland. As it gets closer to the April, I will finalize my plans with you. Looking forward to another great road trip and more good video. Later David
12-10-2011 | 10:36 PM
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Ken I am in for this one, But I am thinking about trying to get up to Mount Mitchell for sunrise!!! and would meet you in Old Fort before the drive to Little Switzerland. As it gets closer to the April, I will finalize my plans with you. Looking forward to another great road trip and more good video. Later David
01-11-2012 | 06:03 AM
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Let's keep this open until we know how many people want to come along. Then we can take a vote and see if enough people want to get up a bit early.
01-16-2012 | 09:17 PM
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Originally Posted by kgf3076' timestamp='1322734579' post='21200633
We'll be leaving Fontana from the upper parking lot on Wednesday morning around 10:00am and headed out to drive Rt 226A (The Diamondback Route). Rt 226A is a hill-climb with numerous switch-backs and interesting curves. We'll drive Rt 226A up to Little Switzerland, take a break, and then head for Mt. Mitchell, the highest mountain on the East Coast. We'll drive to the top of the mountain and spend some time and take pictures. After Mt Mitchell, we'll head back down the Blue Ridge Parkway to Rt 90. MDW (my darling wife) says that if Rt 129 is the Dragon, Rt 90 should be the Anaconda. A very interesting drive with some 90 degree switchbacks and off-camber turns.
Once in Asheville, we'll be headed to Cucina 24 for dinner. Dinner will be four courses and dessert. Ask anyone who ate there at DBRxi and they'll tell you dinner is worth every penny. It seems those four courses usually are more like 6 or 8. After dinner, we'll head back to Fontana and drive Rt 28 from Robbinsville. If you've never driven Rt 28 at night, you're in for a treat (unless you happen to be the opossum who was sitting in the middle of the road). We should be back at Fontana around 9:30pm.
If you'd like to come along, sign up and join in the fun.
Once in Asheville, we'll be headed to Cucina 24 for dinner. Dinner will be four courses and dessert. Ask anyone who ate there at DBRxi and they'll tell you dinner is worth every penny. It seems those four courses usually are more like 6 or 8. After dinner, we'll head back to Fontana and drive Rt 28 from Robbinsville. If you've never driven Rt 28 at night, you're in for a treat (unless you happen to be the opossum who was sitting in the middle of the road). We should be back at Fontana around 9:30pm.
If you'd like to come along, sign up and join in the fun.
here are some vids of rt 80 and 226a to see what y'all are in for (driver = bama dave)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uWuNUiATAU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uldiLM0qfiQ
01-16-2012 | 10:07 PM
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Patrick You are the Freakin man bro. Like this one better than mine. The go pro facing backwards really shows the elevation changes a lot better than my video does. And again your music selection really goes with the video. Anyone up there early should go on this drive, it is worth the road trip. Notice that there is very little traffic on the route. Looking forward to drive again in April. Later Bama Dave