gandalph40 wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:07:I know there are a couple of us in Alabama...I'm near Birmingham, and I know Slopoke lives down near Montgomery. There must be others in the area too. I could see us meeting the GA folks, but it'd HAVE to be an overnight for me to make the TotD ride. There are a few folks up in TN too, though not sure where. How about a meeting in Chattanooga? I'm looking for a relatively central location where several of us could all meet. What say you?
Tom
Hmm. If everyone near there does attend, we'll have people from Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, and Tennessee. So we'll be coming from all directions surrounding the TotD. Perhaps the most central location is near the TotD itself? I'd also be making it an overnight trip (I might make a weekend out of it, in fact). Perhaps once we each know where we're staying, we can figure out a meeting place from there?
And what are everyone's thoughts on TotD/Cherohala Skyway loop? The Cherohala's not far from there -- it's 36 miles long, over a mountain -- beautiful scenery, with places to pull over for pictures, etc.
http://www.tailofthedragon.com/dragon_loop.htmlIf you guys want to do the loop, perhaps Robbinsville, NC might be a good place to meet? (I'm being a safety geek here -- since we haven't ridden together before, I'm thinking it's easier to ride together if we get pretty close to the destination on our own first, at our own respective paces.)