After a few months hard work decided to go out of town this weekend - I'll call it Grand Touring NC/TN 2011!
The GF and I headed out to the western part of NC and eastern part of of TN. I've previously been out there when I went to the Run the the Hills event last year - but this time I got to stop and take in the sights. I hit the Tail of the Dragon again, and then took the extra time and went to the Cherohala Skyway. I will say this they have simply clamped down on the Dragon - 30 mph for the entire road! Come now now it was more fun last year! We spent 2 nights in Robbinsville, NC. There is really nothing in this town - at least it had a Microtel to stay in. I suppose I could have driven back to Charlotte - but we spent 6 hrs driving the Dragon and the Skyway - and stopping for a few waterfalls and for lunch. It took us over 3 hrs just to get out there and that makes for a long crappy day, it was nice being able to not have to worry about rushing back home. Of the 2 roads - the Cherohala Skyway is much nicer. There was a lot less traffic - nice areas to pull off to take pictures, and well a lot less cops around too. I highly suggest the Skyway if you are ever in the area. I took this week off work, and I head out to the Power Tour next week - so I'll be cleaning up the G8 from this trip and washing/waxing the Vette again.
Some footage from the Dragon, my GoPro HD stopped recording after 13 mins - I need to read the damn owners manual for that thing.
Here are the obligatory pics:
Rest of my pics:
http://s305.photobucket.com/albums/n...0NC-TN%202011/