2013 Tail of the Dragon & Cherohala Skyway run

[coyote cruiser]

It's that time of the year again.

Tail of the Dragon = 318 curves in 11 miles
Cherohala Skyway = 43 miles of God's Country that leaves no doubt as to why it was registered a National Scenic Byway

Saturday, October 26th, 2013

Same as in years past:
We'll meet up with some of the western NC crowd & hotel overnighters at the I-40 Exit 44 Cracker Barrell just west of Asheville a little before 8am for breakfast; meet up with others at Fontana Dam around 11am; catch up, have some laughs, take in the scenery, then head out northbound to slay the Dragon.


From there, we'll decide whether to run it again southbound & grab lunch at Deal's Gap or Robbinsville before a westbound Skyway run; wrap around TN to Tellico Plains for a full eastbound run; etc.

Who's in?

[coyote cruiser]

For anyone who might be lurking or on the fence, our rough schedule from around the Charlotte/Mooresville area this Saturday will be:

05:45am - meet/leave the Sheets gas station at I-77 Exit 42 (~Troutman)
08:00am - arrive at Cracker Barrell, I-40 Exit 44 (~Asheville) for breakfast
09:00am - depart Cracker Barrell for Fontana Dam
~10:00am - fuel & restroom break at Great Smokey Mountain Bait & Tackle (4470 Hwy 19/74 Bryson City, NC 28713)
11:00am - Fontana Dam
11:30am (or whenever) - depart Fontana Dam for the Tail of the Dragon

Let me know if you're planning to join in anywhere in between so we can keep an eye out for you.

Hope to see you this weekend!

Larry