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Sorry about that Blake  Also glad your making it out there too MJ, nice to meet one of my customers. I'm sure my part is working, LOL! BYW, is there any type of damage around there from hurricane Isabel in the area?
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Originally posted by The Striped SVT:
Well we got our room at Caney Creek Village, cabin #2
I just called and confirmed that I'm booked for Cabin #7. So JVT, Simon(if he comes) and I will be 5 doors down from you.
11 days away...
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I'll be there 
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anybody know how long of a drive to expect from chattanooga to the dragon/deal's gap/caney-creek area?
trying to figure out when i need to leave b'ham to be up there by early afternoon.
blake
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I live about 20 miles north of Chattanooga on Hwy 27, and its about 1.5 hours from here. Are you going up on Friday or Saturday?? If Saturday you can meet a few of us and ride up with us. I75 out of Chattanooga is a nightmare. If you are going up on Friday and go I75N go to exit 60 which is hwy 68 and turn right off the exit, go to hwy 411N in Madisonville, then hwy 72E above Vonore and it brings you in right at lake Chilhowee at the start of the Dragon.
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Originally posted by SVTaslinger:
I live about 20 miles north of Chattanooga on Hwy 27, and its about 1.5 hours from here. Are you going up on Friday or Saturday?? If Saturday you can meet a few of us and ride up with us. I75 out of Chattanooga is a nightmare. If you are going up on Friday and go I75N go to exit 60 which is hwy 68 and turn right off the exit, go to hwy 411N in Madisonville, then hwy 72E above Vonore and it brings you in right at lake Chilhowee at the start of the Dragon.
thanks for the timeframe and directions - i'll check out that route on the map so i can visualize everything.
i'll be coming up on friday - estimating to be in chattanooga for an early lunch, meeting up w/ bigmoneyracing, and then heading up from there - sounds like we should be able to be in the dragon area by 1:30 or so; not too bad at all.
blake
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"THEE" Roger R
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Originally posted by The Striped SVT:
My wife has major concerns about this road, so can someone tell her here that as long as you don't drive like a fool (which I don't plan on doing  ) that everything will be ok. We'll be there in 8 days, can't wait 
The road itself is fine. Tell her that semi's frequently travel it and that it received a major resurfacing just a couple of years ago. You'll be harder pressed to find a smoother surface to travel over.
The road itself isn't the problem. Using poor judgement and careless traffic from the other direction is. Gotta watch out for semis and yahoos. As long as you hug the inside on right turns and the outside on left ones, you'll have a little reserve in case. Also, no tailgating will be the rule of the day as if a semi does come through, you'll be stomping on the brakes and hitting reverse.
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Oh yeah, anyone coming up through Madisonville or Vonore on 411, thats the best places to fuel up before hitting the Dragon. Gas is cheaper in TN than NC.
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Thanks for the comments Blorton, I really appreciate it. Also thanks for the gas prices heads up, I'll just gas up in Tellico Plains before heading out to the Dragon  BTW, how far is Tellico Plains from the Dragon 
"THEE" Roger R
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*Dragon Run 06'...Oct 12-15th*
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