So my mom just bought a vacation house in Silva N. Carolina. Where is the dragon? I thought it was somewhere around there.

 

That's pretty darn close. Looks like about 50 miles away. I Google mapped Sylva, NC to the Deal's Gap Motorcycle Resort and here's the link

 

Do a map search on mapquest or yahoo for Fontana Dam, NC. That's near the Dragon & where most of us are staying at Fontana Village Cabins. Or go to www.tailofthedragon.com they have some really nice area maps & maps of the actual Dragon

 

And here is a map of the Dragon with all the Curve Names:

 

Woo-hoo Looks like I'm gonna go to the dragon in 2 months.

Awww. Looks like I've got to take the wife, 6 year old and 1 month old. They wont all fit in the Mini. Looks like were gonna take the Accord this trip.

 

Drive seperate! I bet if you look at the after pictures, you will HIGHLY regret it!

 

Not only that, but the wife and kids may get car-sick.

 

After pics?

 

There is a Dragon Photographer called Killboy. Him and his squad are practically always out there on weekends taking pics of almost every car going through.

I can't wait to see if he gets a few of me! I'll go through like ten times just to make sure!

 

http://killboy.com

 

Ahh that's Sylva

Nice area of the State and there are a lot of great roads in the immediate area that are as much fun as the Dragon. At times they are more fun, due to the lack of traffic

Check out Hwy 28 from Hwy 19 (Alarka area) to Franklin and Hwy 107 & 281 to Lake Toxaway has been known to upset the apple cart - sort a speak -

And you can relive the moonshine days with a trip down Thunder Road, better known as Wayah Road from Franklin to Beechertown.

All in all a great place to live, even if only for a few months out of the year.