Tennessee Meet (March) Tail of the Dragon

Just made it after driving through the clouds and wet on the Cherohala. Then we got to sit on the side of the road on the Dragon for an hour and half while they towed some dumb semi that ran off the road and got stuck and was blocking the road. Pics to come. Should be at the lake meeting spot tomorrow morning.
 
OK.

Nice dinner out at SoccerTaco tonight with Madame Juju (a.k.a. Erin the fiancee) and on the way I see a black NSX with NC plates. She swears it is the same car as earlier.

Mirror, is that you? Shoulda stopped and joined us!

Anyhow. Early to bed = potentially coherent at the crack 'o dawn. Plus, I gotta clean my car.... again.

See you fellas in the morn.
 
Aero, If you are in the Maryville area we will be meeting just south of the airport in the morning.



Tennessee side meeting spot 7:30am

Up the Creek Grill
352 Fountain View Cir
Alcoa, TN 37701
 
I talked to a couple of guys and we are still going. Hopefully it will clear up. I should be at the Tennessee meeting spot by 8:00.
 
Sorry the weather sucked, come by Boomerz BBQ on the way out, I'd like to meet some of you guys , I'll bring my NSX if your coming. Boomerz BBQ is on 129/411 in Maryville close to the mall, right across from the Exxon on the corner of SandySprings and 411/129. Ask for Eric, me and my buddies own the place. The phone is 865-233-3748.
 
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Friday 1.5 hour Dragon road block
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Fontana Dam Shot

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Good one of comtec LBB

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(big one in gallery


weather was lousy most of day. might be better tomorrow.
 
Great to meet everyone today! Weather was el stinko, but I still had a good time. Hope everyone else did too. Thanks to James and Mike for making this happen.

A couple 'trash can' photos:

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When's the next one?
 
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Wish I could have made it, hope to see you guys sometime soon! :cool:
Maybe when the sun is out... :tongue:
 
Here's my favorites!... Beautiful Sebring silver with OEM wheels. :biggrin:
 

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Hey all,

Thanks for letting me and my blue Z tag along...even if you did leave me (*EDIT* AFTER the Dragon haha ). :rolleyes: :tongue:

OK now do I get to pick which NSX I want? :biggrin:
 
Great fun guys and gals!
Yeah, weather could have been better but it kept changing and was decent through the Dragon. Roads were wet and that kept us mostly legal. Only had the ATC light come on twice coming out of a curve so I must be getting better at throttle management:rolleyes:
Loved the beauty shots at the dam. So much power in one place....sorry...
I split off from the group in Robbinsvile so I could check out the Cherohala Skyway despite assurances from the local experts that it would be socked in with the clouds. Figured I would see enough to decide if I would make the trip back up another day. Guess I was lucky because the ride was beautiful. Only thing missing was the string of NSX's in front and behind me. Had great views of valleys filled with fog, lakes, etc and it was all for me. Quiet. Only had one group of cruiser bikes come by. Not the only place in the Smokies to have this vista but the long sweeping curves and unlimited speed was a great combination. "I'll be back".
Thanks for you guys putting it together and look forward to seeing you again. The ride four of us took in November through Suches and Neal's Gap was comparable and would be worth the drive for those of you on the NC side as well as ATL. Plan on joining us this fall.

Paul

Will post YouTube videos when trimmed.
 

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Thanks everyone for coming, I had a great time :biggrin: . I think i did OK for my first time at the Dragon and my first time with the car on wet roads. Hope we can get together again soon.



Eric (oldnews), sorry we didn't see your post about stopping by before the meet, too bad you couldn't join us.



usafdarkhorse, We were glad to have you, hope you had a good time. Did you find one you liked?






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Finally made it home. Was really good to meet all you guys!

Despite every local and expert in the region telling me not to bother, I went on the Cherohala this morning anyway. It was fricken AWESOME !!! Drove through about 3 miles of fog as thick as mushroom soup and emerged above the cloud line and in the SUN !!!! I went all the way to Tellico and back in a little over an hour. :eek: On the way back, another black nsx went by so I wasn't alone. MyNSX I think. Went back to the Dragon and that was dead empty and dry as well. Made a nice bonzai run and then headed back down 28. Awesome fricken day.

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That was me if it was around noon. I was on the way home. The dragon and Skyway (except for some fog) were great and desserted before noon.

Minus the speeding ticket I got in NC :frown: and the wet roads was a good time. Its surprising to see everyones pictures and how good the cars look despite most were pretty dirty (mine being the worst it seemed).

Mirroredshades said:
Finally made it home. Was really good to meet all you guys!

I went all the way to Tellico and back in a little over an hour. :eek: On the way back, another black nsx went by so I wasn't alone.

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Aero said:
That was me if it was around noon. I was on the way home. The dragon and Skyway (except for some fog) were great and desserted before noon.

Minus the speeding ticket I got in NC :frown: and the wet roads was a good time. Its surprising to see everyones pictures and how good the cars look despite most were pretty dirty (mine being the worst it seemed).
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I was just getting ready to ask this.

How were the police over the weekend?

Too bad the weather sucked. :frown: But still a great turnout for bad weather!
 
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How were the police over the weekend?
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I split off from the group in Robbinsville and went back to The Dragon. The first pass up and back, I didn't see any. On my second trip in there were a pair of TN sheriffs at the west end but they were out of their car yakking with some civilians. The next time I saw them they were at the resort on the NC side having lunch.

But The Dragon was relatively deserted. Definitely the emptiest I've ever seen. On my 5th (or 6th?) pass, it started to rain again so I gave it up and headed south. But it was fun while it lasted.:D

edit to add - there was a fairly heavy police presence on I-75, especially in Florida. I saw lots of people pulled over.
 

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