ROLL CALL


We propose a Monday Sept 19  2:30 PM arrival at Wheels Through Time Motorcycle Museum ($12 admission) followed by a roll around the area and a Hotwire $29 split between 2 guys hotel stay in a local 2 star hotel.   This area is to include a trip down the infamous ROAD TO NOWHERE and a video of you going into the Tunnel of No Return.  If we want, the entire Dragon loop we used to ride is touching this area to the West so the next morning we could go Dragon our way up into Tennessee instead of going up tame old hwy 421.   This would leave the Dragon fresh in our minds to be compared against the Diamondback for quality of twisties.

Tuesday we will stay at a $29 Hotwire Gatlinburg/Dollywood area hotel and we will roam around Tennessee's Country Tinsel Town for a bit.   What we do depends on what catches our fancy as there is TOO TOO much to do to even describe all the opportunities.  The best Aquarium on the East Coast is only one example, the infamous Ripley's Believe it or Not is another.

Wednesday we will loop around and down to Little Switzerland and do the Diamondback (a dragon wannabe) and go visit Mount Mitchell.   We will meet up with Serenity and whomever else finally answers the ROLL CALL and we will roll for however long they have.   We need a complete roster of people to book wherever we stay -- so answer the ROLL CALL !!

Get up Thursday with all of the Black Mountains before us, having found a local road map we also might just find a wee little black line or two that goes over the top of something interesting looking.   We will go ride up them durn rich people's extended state supported driveways that go up to all them impressive chalets you see hanging off the peaks of some of those tall tall mountains.

Friday AM early, split up and trek on home, all tired and beat up in body but all happy in soul ....




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Roll call has closed on this trip as we have to start booking Hotwire hotels if you want the cheap $29 rates (leaf time is approaching and the rates go up to over $100 a night soon).

We still have a free night for everybody at Linville Falls on Sept 21st -- see the Dragon thread for details.

Lancer PM'd me -- he is out of state visiting his mother during our time frame.   Sends his best wishes to all.


Weather is holding all sunny and pretty -- time to book some rooms.



Whoooooo!!   Whoooooo!!

That's the sound the paddle wheel river boat makes when it is raising the gangplank and undoing the ropes holding it to the dock ....

You see the frantic cowboys beating their horses trying to catch the boat, but they are still coming down main street and you jest know they ain't gonna make it ....



  Saddest thing in the world is seeing the face on a dejected cowboy a sitting there on a lathered horse at the dock's edge, watching the steam boat chug on away without him.