The first weekend in November is perfect.. its my birthday!!!!! lLast year we ordered UnionJackee for my birthday... and were living in Germany..
hm.. wonder what this year will bring.. can't think of a better place to spend it but on the Dragon!

 

oh Jason... sorry i should have put this in my first post.. and yes i could have edited.. but i always make a mess of it when i do..
im up to help you in any way i can...
and maybe we can get the group from columbia to do it as the group run for november..
can't hurt to get a lil mini mini's on the dragon going

 

I hope to be able to lead a group from the Triangle area...

 

So which weekend looks like the best? Clo's 20-21 Oct or 3-4 Nov? I'd love to drive up for either but the 2nd weekend in Nov, 10-11 would be great because I have Veteran's Day (12th) off

 

You know there's always something MINI going on, it's just what best suits your schedule sometimes, ya know?
jason

 

The date is set, the rooms are booked and we'll be there other cars or not because it's OktCloverFest.

 

Yeah, that's cool! I know it will be a real nice birthday! Y'all have fun now, ya hear?
jason

 

so Jason. your not down with doing it in november?

 

Yeah, I am down with the first weekend, and I think alot of other people are as well, I was just saying I didn't think I could make MINIclo's birthday weekend at the Dragon, which is the a few weeks before.
jason

 

On August 9 we will be picking up a 2005 MCSC in Fort Meyers Florida and driving it home to Washington State - and doing the Dragon on the way. Not sure of the date yet but we will avoid the weekend. We would appreciate any suggestions on routes to take, places to see, and places to avoid, etc.

We will be heading out of Florida on I-75 and then thinking about taking 129 / 441 to Athens but then it gets a little confusing about the best way to get to the Dragon. We also want to drive through The Great Smoky Mountains National Park. We do not have unlimited time but we both want to drive the Dragon and maybe some of the other roads on note in the area.

Thanks for any suggestions and information.

 

Definitely eat at the Varsity in Athens, and the Dillard House in Dillard, on 441 near the Georgia/North Carolina border.

 

441 runs into 28 around the town of Franklin and 28 will take you to Fontana Village where most people stay while attending MOTD. This would be a great rest stop for you to explore the area a bit if you wish. If you choose to bypass Fontana Village the Dragon is where 28 and 129 meet up.

Good luck!

 

If you are coming up 75 the whole way, make sure you stop at the original Varsity in downtown Atlanta. Don't be surprised to have people screaming "What'ya have, What'ya have". It's a fun place. If you are coming through Atlanta there are some other cool places to visit too. Send me a PM, maybe we can have a mini mini run.


Franklin is a cool little town and Dlope has it dead on. If you have GPS just find something at the tail end of the dragon (no pun intended) and map it once you get above 75/575. Otherwise, I can post some good directions from Atlanta to 129. It's sorta famous / infamous around here.

/Candy

 

ok so.. im planning, plotting the first weekend of november... im planning on motoring up that thurs.. and be there through sunday morning...
im putting it out to the Columbia Mini group for our November activity... soooo
ok lets get a list going and see what we can do!!!
so.. that is
Ruffcat +1
anyone else?

 

1QukMINI +1 from Charlotte. Friday through Sunday.

 

im down for the dragon, i dont live too far from it, and ive yet to take a trip up there.

 

Are you going to keep the roll call on your post?
jason

 

What about tarheel mini club, anyone here a member? (i am, but i dont know anyone just yet, signed up about 3 days ago online)..we should post something over in their forums.

 

I'm a member, but do you want to post something over there?
jason

 

That's okay, ill let you post it up, Ive yet to introduce myself over there :P

 

Cool.
jason

 

Like Jason, I'm in both clubs, M2C2 and THMMC, an active poster and participant in Motoring activities, so welcome! Oh, and I'll be there at least for part of this, I have yet to make an official Dragon run!

Maybe Jason or the Lil' cat ;-) can start a thread in the SE forum, with the roll call?

 

I think you can count on some THMMC folks from the Raleigh area - several folks here have expressed an interest... I'll shout out to our group and see how big a party we can make.

 

Cool, thanks Blimey!
jason

 

Hey Jason.. i figure it would be easier to keep the roll call on the forum you started with it.. so lets roll from there..
Tonight we had dinner in henderson.. great great time.. and we all expressed interest.. sooo lets get this party started..
Tomorrow while im at work yanno "working" ill send you a msg with my number and what not so we can try to plan this out.. and make it just as fun as motd,... with some fun stuff..