Attendance
If you are bringing more than one car, tell me - each car gets an entry in this list!
First time Dragon attendees are in BLUE

Pizzaguy - Mark - Cumming, GA ***Spring Event Coordinator - Moderate Group Leader (Cherohala Run Saturday, Pizza's Sunset Cruise, etc.)
Pacemaker - Johnathan and Murfi - Knoxville, TN ***Tourist Class Leader and Chaplain
Kleito - Charlie and Marilyn - Kennesaw, GA
Iamfink2 - Pat - Laurel, MD
Thornh - Thorn - Greensboro, NC
Deerhunter - Mary and Carlos - Powder Springs, GA
thirteendog - Nick - Lebanon, TN
deezfire - Dee - Aurora, IL ***Spring Event Assistant Coordinator and CICCI EVP of Member Services
osofast2 - Ray and ? - Lexington, KY
rogerlemoine - Roger and Pam - Beaufort, SC

UnDunnY2K - Colleen and Jeff - Watertown WI
Mr.Peebody2011 - Zachary - Eton, GA
Oakwood XF - Tricia and Darrell - Oakwood, GA
Larskeller - Lars and Joyce - Acworth, GA
Kstewart - Kenneth & Barbara - Waynesburg, PA
UK-SRT6 - Mo and Gill - London, England, United Kingdom Can you believe this?
RETS - John - Murphreesboro, TN
Steps - Steve and Trezi - Ponte Vedra, Fl
***** - Marvin and Irmgard - Dayton, OH
BisB - David - Chicago, IL

TabnEd - Tabatha and Eddie - Port Huron, Mi.
Lilcool34 - Bobby and Cheryl - Fairburn, GA
Elalyn - Ella - Gainesville, Ga
Mickey 5469 - John - Gainesville, Ga
Grey Blitz - Jack and Inge - Northport, FL
Shamrock - Wayne and Jane - Wilmington, NC
mbrown - John and Melissa - Bloomington, IN
***** - Carol Ann and James - Buford, GA
singerron - Ron and Jenny - Mount Union, PA
***** - Eric and Son - New Carlisle, OH

RobH41- Rob - Nashville, TN
WHIZARD - ? - Dallas, GA
***** - Melanie - Wilmington, NC
msxfire - Lisa - Macomb, MI
aking57 - Andy - Apex, NC
FastFunFor2 - Jeff - Simpsonville, NC
FreddyL - Fred - Hayesville, NC



PLEASE NOTE, everyone:

The commitee (well, Dee, really) is preparing attendee packages that will be handed out at registration - but we'd like to send electronic copies as soon as they are ready, via email. With that thought in mind, please send your email address to: deenfof25@gmail.com as soon as you can. Even if you are only THINKING of going at this time - feel free to send her your email anyway. Anyone who asks to be put on the email list will be put on it.

 

Attendee packs will be emailed to those on Dee's (deezfire) email list with these maps and more information. At this time, not knowing the weather or attendance, we have litle idea what runs will be offered. Usually, the leaders make their decisions Friday evening right before the driver's meeting. Be at the 9pm driver's meeting and we will let you know what we are doing. For sure, there has never been a Dragon meet without a Cherohala Skyway run and either a Franklin or Bridal Veil Falls run and there WILL be a Pizza's sunset cruise - beyond that, we just can't say.

Pizza's Sunset Cruise

Some of you know the funny story of how this run came about, I won't repeat it here (but if you are all nice to me, maybe I'll tell the story Friday night). It has occurred to me that this run can not only be fun on Saturday evening, but it can serve a real purpose. We've had a REAL issue in the past: People come to the Dragon, go on a run, and come back Saturday evening sorry they went the with the group they signed up for. Either the pace was too slow for them, or it was too fast and they hated "driving like that on roads I've never been on." A few have never returned, due to that experience. That bothers me. Well, now I have the answer.

Pizza's Sunset Cruise will now be offered on Friday at 6pm AND Saturday evening at 5pm. We will line up with the new/slower/less confident drivers in the rear. We start with a nice tourist class drive and after a few miles, we will pick up the pace. Depending on traffic, by the time we get back to the lodge, this will be a moderate to perhaps a "pants on fire" run. We will leave slower drivers behind - but fear not, this is an EASY route and you CANNOT get lost. Anyone not back to the lodge in an hour (most will be back in 35 minutes) will be searched for! But seriously, I have discovered THREE routes and they are all super easy.

When you return to the lodge, you will KNOW what group to get into for Saturday's run (and all those runs are 4 1/2 to 6 hours long, so you don't want to be in the WRONG group.)

For those of us who have reduced our tire tread depth on this run before, it will serve as a nice (in my best Bruce Willis voice) "Welcome to the party, Pal".

For newcomers, it will serve to set you up for a MUCH more enjoyable Saturday.

This is a great idea, one more like this and I can dump the dunce cap.

The Cherohala Skyway Run



The Franklin Run



The Bridal Veil Falls Run




The Devil's Triangle Run




The Cherokee / Smokey Mountains Run



The Wheels Thru Time Museum Run



The Road to NoWhere Run

 

*Reserved for the list of OTHER activities....*


Event organizers sometimes come up with fun stuff to do - but more often, some attendee thinks of something - THIS post will contain any activity that anyone comes up with for us to do as a group or groups or as individuals - like rafting, gokarting, nude skydiving - you get the idea.

The recently formed "Dragon Committee"* are working together on several new ideas to enhance future Crossfire Get-To-Gethers at the spring and fall Tail of the Dragon events. Stay tuned here for details.

If you have ideas for group activities that we can include or for anything else that you feel can help make these Tail of the Dragon GTGs more special and even more fun, please share your thoughts here or directly with anyone on the Dragon Committee. In the meantime, mark your calendar and please plan to join us at the 9th Annual Spring Tail of the Dragon GTG! (see post #1 in this thread for details).

*The Committee:
Spring Dragon event coordinator Mark Christopher (Pizzaguy)
Fall dragon event coordinator Andrew King (AKing57)
CICCI EVP of Membership Services Dee Hakala (Deezfire)
Dragon event leader emeritus Gary Wemple (VALK)
Tourist Class Leader and Crossfire Chaplain Jonathan Pederson (Pacemaker)

 

*Reserved for a place to post changes in the information above in posts 1, 2, 3 and 4"
(It is sometimes hard to read a post looking for new information - any new/changed info will be right here.)

January 29, 2016 - BIG ALERT! On February 2, 2016 our reserved rooms are released to the general public - we have only 7 left and it sounds like another group needs them. PLEASE BOOK NOW if you want to go!

January 9, 2016 revised the following posts:

Post 2 - added leader titles
Post 3 - added route maps and a description of Pizza's Sunset Cruise and why it is now offered both Friday and Saturday

January, 15, 2016 revised the following post:

Post 4 - added Pacemaker to planning committee



In other news:

Item 1 -
The commitee (well, Dee, really) is preparing attendee packages that will be handed out at registration - but we'd like to send electronic copies as soon as they are ready, via email. With that thought in mind, please send your email address to: deenfof25@gmail.com as soon as you can.

Item 2 -
The Tail of the Dragon Planning Committee is pleased to announce that our Tail of the Dragon T-shirts are now available for pre-order. Production will take place in early January 2016. The price is $20.00 per T-shirt delivered to your door. Kindly note add +$2.00 for size 2XL and add +$4.00 for size 3XL. These are top quality shirts printed on Gilden brand heavyweight 50/50 poly cotton blend stock. They are available in either black or white. Also note that these shirts do not specify spring or fall or date so they are representative of ANY Crossfire Tail of the Dragon GTG past or future.

To place your order please send an e-mail to Dee Hakala at deenfof25@gmail.com
Please include your full name, shipping address, your phone number, the color and size of shirt(s) you are ordering
These T-shirts will also be available for purchase at future Crossfire Tail of the Dragon events.







Thanks . . . ENJOY YOUR CROSSFIRE! HOPE TO SEE YOU AT A FUTURE TAIL OF THE DRAGON GTG!

 

*Reserved for the list of people who won't attend for what ever lame reason*


(You know: "No money", "No time off", "Nothing appropriate to wear", or "I just broke both legs in a skydiving accident" - you know those people.)

 

Charlie and Marilyn, Kennesaw GA

 

I'll be there probably solo this time. This will be the 18th Dragon for me, I just can't stop HELP ME!

 

Mark, count me in as well. I'm also OCD...

 

I hope I don't end up on this post #
Time will tell

 

NICE MOVE! Freshly home and still smiling from this falls Dragon and here you are wanting my name on this list...

 

Mark, add Mary and Carlos Diaz to the list, Powder Springs, GA

 

Are you PROMISING to DRAG him there??? Did post 6 get to him???

 

Fall Dragon 2015...the best yet for me!!~!... even tho it rained, I had a blast...Sign me up for the Spring...Carl

 

Yes Mark, Carlos has to come see what all the Excitement is about.

 

I am beyond excited to be part of Spring 2016 Dragon and I look forward to working with MC (pizza guy ) on logistics ..... Stay tuned ..... I'll try to calm down by then ... 😉

 

Go ahead put me on list ,it may be me and my grandson this spring ,

 

The recently formed "Dragon Committee" [spring dragon event coordinator Mark Christopher (Pizzaguy), fall dragon event coordinator Andrew King (AKing57), CICCI EVP of Membership Services Dee Hakala (Deezfire) and myself CICCI President Bob Davis (Red Dog)] are working together on several new ideas to enhance future Crossfire Get-To-Gethers at the spring and fall Tail of the Dragon events. Stay tuned here for details.

If you have ideas for group activities that we can include or for anything else that you feel can help make these Tail of the Dragon GTGs more special and even more fun, please share your thoughts here or directly with anyone on the Dragon Committee. In the meantime, mark your calendar and please plan to join us at the 9th Annual Spring Tail of the Dragon GTG! (see post #1 in this thread for details).

 

The new club President of CICCI , Bob Davis, REDDOG is a mover and a shaker ! As a newbee I can say first hand, if you have not come to a Dragon GTG - you truly are missing a special event.

The Dragon needs slaying , the mountains reach out and gobble you up, yet it is our rides and those who drive them that top the cake ! Or perhaps I should say Mountain! Still riding high from my very first trip to hwy 129!

The newly formed committee is going get some great things going for our reunions -- family reunions! That's the essence of making this event! It is a family reunion! You deserve this and so does your Crossfire - our cars love love love those mountains and in particular those 11 miles with 318 curves!

What are you waiting for ? Oh ....March 2016! See you then! Cheers - Dee - deezfire

 

I already had my room booked for this event Friday night during the Driver's Meeting! Also booked for the Fall 2016 event as well. Please make note.