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Please tell me you guys drove the Cherohala Skyway. I'd be a damned shame to come all the way over here and miss that drive.
Looks like a really nice trip.
Actually didn't make it to that one this time, but my parents live in Vonore (Kahiti neighborhood) so I have been there and driven in a few times in my dad's '12 Corvette!
We ran out of time for that one, and didn't have the time to get up to Bristol and take The Snake, which I was really bummed about. However, we discovered The Moonshiner 28 and that's now my favorite public road I've ever driven. Amazing fun.
Long post here so apologies if your connection is slow! I just returned from an epic 2,500 mile adventure that took me from Kansas City to eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina, to drive the infamous Tail of the Dragon, as well as a whole bunch of other amazing roads in that area. It was absolutely one of the most fun short trips in my life, even though I had to go 780 miles through 5 states yesterday to be back at work this morning!
On the way out, I stopped in Metropolis, IL (just before the Kentucky border in southern Illinois) because, well, see below:
Spent the first night in Nashville before driving the remaining 3 hours the next morning, and happened upon this statue in the back of a liquor store I'd stopped at.
So once we got out to home base (Fontana Village Resort in western NC), we had two days of driving. Below are the routes we took both days.
I was with 3 friends and their cars - 2015 Lexus RC-F, 2009 Pontiac G8 GXP and a 2001 Toyota MR2 Spyder. Fun mix of cars for sure.
Because of how popular Tail of the Dragon is, there are 4-5 different photographers that just sit on the side of the road and snap photos of people driving all day, then sell them online. The next 5 are from 3 of those different photographers.
In Cherokee, NC, we passed by this unbelievably creepy abandoned motel called The Teddy Bear Motel, so we had to stop for pictures.
This is the kind of scenery we got to see for the whole trip - taken at the 1st lookout on the way south on the Dragon
Taken at Clingman's Dome, a 6,600 foot high mountain in the middle of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Taking a break while driving the very tight, technical Rattler.
At the base of the massive, WWII-era Fontana Dam. Donut marks in the foreground were created by the Pontiac
Perhaps the funniest photo of the trip (not me - one of the other guys)
Epic drives completed - new stickers for Lucy.
There was a big group of guys from Ontario at the resort we stayed at too and thought I'd share this, as I'd definitely never seen one of these JDM cars on the road before. Those Canadian import rules are definitely easier than the US ones!
Give up? It's an Eunos Cosmo. Eunos was basically Mazda's version of Acura/Lexus/Infiniti in the 90's. This thing is rotary-powered and a sibling to the RX-7. Crazy, right?
freshly "MaGuired" I also did my bike, my truck and and trailer. now i'm EXHAUSTED lol
Lookin' good!
Originally Posted by kylerohde
Long post here so apologies if your connection is slow! I just returned from an epic 2,500 mile adventure that took me from Kansas City to eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina, to drive the infamous Tail of the Dragon, as well as a whole bunch of other amazing roads in that area. It was absolutely one of the most fun short trips in my life, even though I had to go 780 miles through 5 states yesterday to be back at work this morning!
Nice trip! I've gone from San Francisco to Denver and from Denver to Kansas City and back and all I got was rained on... LOL! Other than that, both of those were really boring drives! Your trip looked a lot more fun!
Long post here so apologies if your connection is slow! I just returned from an epic 2,500 mile adventure that took me from Kansas City to eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina, to drive the infamous Tail of the Dragon, as well as a whole bunch of other amazing roads in that area. It was absolutely one of the most fun short trips in my life, even though I had to go 780 miles through 5 states yesterday to be back at work this morning!
Long post here so apologies if your connection is slow! I just returned from an epic 2,500 mile adventure that took me from Kansas City to eastern Tennessee and western North Carolina, to drive the infamous Tail of the Dragon, as well as a whole bunch of other amazing roads in that area. It was absolutely one of the most fun short trips in my life, even though I had to go 780 miles through 5 states yesterday to be back at work this morning!
On the way out, I stopped in Metropolis, IL (just before the Kentucky border in southern Illinois) because, well, see below:
Spent the first night in Nashville before driving the remaining 3 hours the next morning, and happened upon this statue in the back of a liquor store I'd stopped at.
So once we got out to home base (Fontana Village Resort in western NC), we had two days of driving. Below are the routes we took both days.
I was with 3 friends and their cars - 2015 Lexus RC-F, 2009 Pontiac G8 GXP and a 2001 Toyota MR2 Spyder. Fun mix of cars for sure.
Because of how popular Tail of the Dragon is, there are 4-5 different photographers that just sit on the side of the road and snap photos of people driving all day, then sell them online. The next 5 are from 3 of those different photographers.
In Cherokee, NC, we passed by this unbelievably creepy abandoned motel called The Teddy Bear Motel, so we had to stop for pictures.
This is the kind of scenery we got to see for the whole trip - taken at the 1st lookout on the way south on the Dragon
Taken at Clingman's Dome, a 6,600 foot high mountain in the middle of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
Taking a break while driving the very tight, technical Rattler.
At the base of the massive, WWII-era Fontana Dam. Donut marks in the foreground were created by the Pontiac
Perhaps the funniest photo of the trip (not me - one of the other guys)
Epic drives completed - new stickers for Lucy.
There was a big group of guys from Ontario at the resort we stayed at too and thought I'd share this, as I'd definitely never seen one of these JDM cars on the road before. Those Canadian import rules are definitely easier than the US ones!
Give up? It's an Eunos Cosmo. Eunos was basically Mazda's version of Acura/Lexus/Infiniti in the 90's. This thing is rotary-powered and a sibling to the RX-7. Crazy, right?
Your mustang is looking awesome! Cool pics of metropolis and the fontana ****! thanks for sharing
7/27/16, 12:39 PM
