Great News Ron, I'll put you down on the Driver's list Now as #29!

Where are you coming from?
What color & Coupe or Roadster is your 2008 Limited?

Here is All the Lodge info for you or anyone needing it Now.
(Please let me know when Reservations are Made, so I can note same.)

 

NOTICE:

I am stepping back from this labor of love, after one year of hard work, two Successful Dragon Meets & another One off to the Best start ever.

Anyone who would Seriously like to Completely take over All of the Responsibilities of this & All future Dragon Meets, Please PM me!

Why? I'm just 'running low on Gas', so to speak.
SF

 

Can we expect to see you at the next Dragon meet in the fall ??
If you are not driving the Dragon this fall you can ride shotgun with me.
And remember UK KEN is coming a long way to be there and I am sure he wants to meet you.
Still plenty of fun at the lodge too. Ya can't miss out on that. Ya only live 1 hour away !!

With that said who will take over when SF retires his duties late June.
I am already handling the Woodward Dream Cruise with the help of Rapps (Ann)
and would not want to take on the Dragon planning too.
The main responsibility is to maintain the list of people attending as the year continues and more members make the commitment to attend.
The list is here and will continue to grow throughout the year.

 

You're not getting rid of your SRT are you?

 

sorry to see you leave Bill glade to have met you on the first tail of the dragon will be hard to fill your shoes
Dennis

 

Silverfox, I have ran out of gas a couple of times now, I retired once, took a retirement job, got talked out of retirement, working harder now than before I retired, in fact, have worked 7 days straight @ 3 jobs for 9 wks now...the tank will fillup again and you will go like crazy...I have to admit, I am taking next wk off to work on the car...need to do my installs or I am going to drive to Detroit and have needswings finish it....glad I am coming to the dragon....I just made reservations...so put me down for that as well...

 

Bill - what's up?

Mostly, I hope you and yours are in good health.

The Dragon GTG's won't be the same without you.

If you've lost your car, ride shotgun with me and we'll bring up the rear, and make sure all of the duckies get home.

I would be proud to help coordinate these events, but I just don't have the time to do it all. Perhaps we can have regional coordinators.

 

Bill,
I'm not ready.
You were supposed to wait!
Wait until I had Cathy convinced and could give you the secret signal.
Then I could buy your SRTfor her.

You still owe me a ride at the Dragon so I hope you are there this fall. It's not an SRT but you can drive mine.


roadster with a stick

 

So, hey guys, how are we going to get this organized?

We'd best start some planning soon so this GTG doesn't turn into a train wreck.

 

Hello all ! sorry to hear this SF and i hope everthing ok . We just need to keep the list going , the rate on rooms are still good , Try to get as many of us down for the fall meet , so we can have meeting on how to move forward with The spring M&G , SF has layed the ground work already all we need to do is pick it up and run with it . If anything need to be done Susan i will be in Gatlinburg area the week before and would be glad to help in anyway that we can. Also about 4 Hrs from the Dragon from home . also will be in the Gatliburg area 15-21 june . This dose not need to fall all one person maybe two or three of us can work on it . Come on let keep The wing up, it just to much fun to let it go !

 

As it has been mentioned Silverfox has pretty much layed out the outline for the fall Dragon meet with exception to specific drives and times for them.
SF We thank you for this as it is a start to build from.
He has also said he will help out with the "kinks in the road" as planning continues and just maybe he will come back
and take charge with that Marine spirit within him. With all that being said........
Basically as I see it the main thing that really needs to be done is to maintain the list of members attending in post #2 here.
The block of rooms are already available and waiting for us
All the info anyone could need is already posted in post #4 here.
Dining is at the lodge and generally done each night with two seatings.
Although it is helpful it is not really critical to indicate who is staying at the lodge
or who is driving in or which day they will be arriving and leaving.
Someone will be the first to arrive and someone will be the last to arrive.
Everyone is generally there by early Saturday morning.
I among a few others will be arriving Friday afternoon and leaving Monday morning.
We can hold a meeting at the lodge Friday night for those who are there
and again Saturday morning for those who drive in early that morning.
At that time we can form groups for the drive and first go to the Dam for a parking photo shoot.
We may not have a professional photographer present but most of us all have our own cameras and pretty much capture the moment.
As for Dragon driving photos they are also nice but can we live without ?
This is all about meeting,socializing ,dining and driving and I think once we are all there it will all come together with a couple of meetings.
I may be simplifying things here a bit but I think we can still have a successful event.

Consider this a vacation you need to plan without the help of a travel agent.

 

I for one, concur with Valkryderguy. I'm signed up, reserved my room and (given no unforeseen circumstances) will be there. I believe Oledoc2u may still be coming and we can pick up with Valkryderguy outside of Louisville. After that, those of you who have done this before can layout the routes and rules to us who are uninitiated on Friday night at the lodge. If we put someone with previous experience in front of the pack, the rest of us should be able to find our way. If the bar has a single malt or even a good blend (I cut my eye teeth on Bells 45 years ago), it'll be a heck of a good time.
In 3 weeks I will be away from this e-mail station, and I won't be back on until October 1. At that time, I'll pick up the pieces and start communicating again starting with Jane, oledoc2u and Valkryderguy. Whatever I can do at that time, I will do. I'm looking foreward to it!

Naughteven

p.s. Thanks again Silver Fox. You got me started on this and I'm going to keep at it. (Hey, I just found out how to do my first smiley face)

 

Don't worry bout a thing.
Check back in in October.
We will get you caught up then.
Have a safe summer and don't fry in that Arizona heat !!

 

We'll still have US-129 Photography and Killboy snapping shots of us driving on the dragon. These will be available at their web sites for purchase. Last time, US-129 gave us a 15% discount. Also, if Terry can make it in the fall, he'll have fore and aft video cameras mounted on his roadster.

 

Good point. So there is one less issue for us to work out.
So as far the rest of my post...what do ya think ??

 

I think we'll be fine, Gary.

There should be enough of us who've been before that can keep people pointed in the right direction. If possible, both the first and last on a team should be familiar with the route, and give a radio to the second (or the first car's passenger) and last car.

However things work out I'm sure we'll all have fun.

 

I agree. I'm thinking of driving up on Thursday and making a big loop dry-run (hopefully, since it rained the whole weekend we were there in April....LOL) on Friday morning before most folks start arriving.

I have a set of radios that I will bringing as well.

 

If there anything Susan and i can do let us know . Will be in Thr. All sounds Good !

 

I have a meeting in Chattanooga in last part of this month. Going to take the long way home thru the Smokies. I told Cathy it would be nice to take the scenic route home to St Louis, maybe stay in a B&B in Dillsboro NC, but she knows, I'm itching to practise downshifts on 129.

See ya' all there this fall.

roadster with a stick

 

Hey Everyone:

Been in San Francisco, so am just getting caught up on the forum. I would also like to extend any help that is needed for the event. If things go as I've planned, I'll be coming in on Thursday to drive the loop in good weather. Will be happy to lead a group. I don't think I'll be providing ladies activities as I think we can all socialize together in the evening. Maybe we can do some planning on Thursday. I would favor having a plan to welcome drivers, making sure we have a simple agenda outlining when we will drive the loop along with a simple map of the loop. For new drivers, we need to make sure we do some brief education about the loop and basic driving skills, safety issues and most importantly, staying to the right of the yellow at all times.

Jane