7 More Days , This going be Good !!!!!!!

 

I'm looking forward to this trip!!!! Am going to start detailing mine today as soon as I can get out of this patrol car!!!!!

 

keep an eye on Ray for me....since I won't be there....he gets out of hand from time to time....then misses Ray, slaps him back in line....lol

 

Fontana Dam weather next weekend.....

 

Did you ever have to "book'em..." ?

James

 

Ya ! DOC , This what DOC looks like after parting on Fri night at the Fall Dragon , Not sure what he was Drinking !

 

Hey James, Get this,, my wife was an FHP trooper here in Florida years ago, so there was a time that "We Booked M" Hence our e-mail address is webookedm. Hope to see u at the Dragon

 

Hey James, Get this,, my wife was an FHP trooper here in Florida years ago, so there was a time that "We Booked M" Hence our e-mail address is webookedm. Hope to see u at the Dragon

 

The weather looking great for next weekend !!!Man O Man , it going to be a great weekend!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! For top down weather !!!!!!!!!!

 

I thought I burned all the evidence....I like my hat in that photo....thanks, Judy....see what happens at the Dragon...it isn't like Vegas I quess....thanks Ray...just for that, I may just show up....

 

Rick and I are looking so forward to the Spring Dragon! We really enjoyed the Fall Dragon and meeting new friends! Looks like the weather is going to be perfect for a great ride in the mountains with the top down!!
Gary: Do we need to make our own reservations for dinner at the Lodge for Friday night or do we eat as a group?

Looking forward to seeing everyone there! Be safe!!

 

You can make a reservation when you arrive and check in at the lodge.
They usually seat us in 1 hour intervals in smaller groups.
I have always ended up sitting with someone who has reserved dinner for a group of maybe 20 or so.
It's not really cut in stone actually.
Everyone sort of falls into one seating or another.

And of course Saturday is the CICCI sponserd BBQ !!

 

HI Gary,

I will be there on Saturday and Sunday. Booked room at Fontana Village today.

Tim Le

 

I just added you to the list
What nights are you staying at the lodge ??

 

Since I am arriving on Thursday, I will make a dinner reservation(s) for Friday evening for the masses. Just give me an idea of how many for 6:00, 6:30 & 7:00 or whatever other time you want and I will git 'r done.

 

Hi Dan! Rick and I would like to join the 6:00 group. See you there!

 

Hay Dan ! if you need to you can put a few under are name Or Susan Cameron Please ! Thanks Ray

 

5 more Days !!!!!!!

 

I washed and detailed the car saturday. Haven't driven it, probably won't drive it, but will go over it again friday morning before we leave. Hope and I can get there in about 5 to 5 1/2 hours, but will probably take longer... you know, take our time coming up!

Should arrive around 5:30pm - Gary, you can put us in any dinner group, but I'll be ready to eat WHEN I GET THERE... I'll suffer and wait if I must.

Hope is a flexible, but "late" eater by habit.

 

Here's a article that ran in todays paper here in Kingsport Tn. I thought you might find it interesting especially the highlighted section

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TALLASSEE, Tenn. (AP) — As of Monday, motorcycle and sports car enthusiasts will once again have access to most of a stretch of road known as "The Dragon."
But a rock slide that caused the segment of U.S. Route 129 to be shut down in March will still block access from the Tennessee side of the road that winds into North Carolina.
That means merchants on the Tennessee side will have to wait until the $2 million stabilization and cleanup is completed in July until they can once again reap the benefits from the swarms of motorcycles streaming through their area.
Despite warm temperatures and blue skies over the weekend, a cluster of businesses on the Tennessee end of The Dragon saw only the occasional motorcyclist pass through, including two Blount County police officers and a reporter.
"There would be thousands of motorcycles out there if it was open," said Dave Ramsey, owner of the 129 Motorcycle Pit Stop.
Ramsey estimated that more than 90 percent of his business has been choked off because of the rock slide, and questioned why the state would go through the trouble of opening the stretch of road when there will be little benefit to the tourism industry in Tennessee.
Counterparts on the North Carolina will be able to corner the tourism market, Ramsey said.
"They're going to squeeze us out of business," he said. "We're paying for it, and we get nothing out of it."
Tennessee state troopers are taking a two-hour detour into North Carolina to enforce traffic laws on the road between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. every day. Emergency response will be provided by Graham County, N.C.
In the meantime, traffic will be able to enter from the North Carolina side near Robbinsville and turn back about two miles from the rock slide, just short of the Foothills Parkway that many enthusiasts follow to accommodations in Gatlinburg and Pigeon Forge. The slide also cuts off roads coming from Maryville and Knoxville.
Workers on Saturday were perched about 160 feet above the road surface, jarring loose rock from the face of the cliff above the original rock slide. Vancouver, British Columbia-based Pacific Blasting has been promised a $195,000 incentive to finish the project by July 1.
But for some the work can't be completed soon enough.
Cook Todd Bell said he was inside 129 Motorcycle Pit Stop when he noticed an unusual serenity surrounding the store on a prime riding day.
"It's the sound of motorcycles not going by," he said.