Someplace to go!

“I've seen horses up there.”

“possible fresh meat on the trip”

“Indians liked horse meat. Don't think that's what you're referring to though.”

“embear, just so you know we don't go thru Gatlinburg. We got off I-40 at maryville and head towards Hwy 129..Tail of the Dragon

buckle up it is a ride”

“cool. am i gonna get carsick?”

“note to self..bring a barf bag
last edited: 5/26/05 1:00:17 PM”

“lmbo.. bet you dont make it as fast as the "spot time"..

what's their goal?.. 8 miles in 9 mins? or is it 7?”

“nothing like touching the brakes when they get close to my car...lol”

“lmbo.. I've driven those approach roads too fast a few times.. but NOTHING like those guys try to do it..

somebody was trying to tell me that those guys wreck proactically every few minutes on some days.. trying to run it too fast, and trying to make the spot time..”

“A friend of mine knows someone who has taken their motorcycle over the Dragon two times and crashed three times, LOL!

When I am on the Dragon in my car, even though I may not approve of how some motorcyclists are driving, I will move out of their way. I do not want to be the cause of an accident, nor do I want to witness one.
last edited: 5/27/05 12:33:36 PM”

“So is embear riding up wiff you, Eddy?”

“I don't remember there being but maybe three places to get out of the way on the dragon. To pass requires you to do so illegally and unsafely.

Still, I'm not going to force the issue.”

“lol.. I can GUARANTEE you the motorcycles will blow by you before you barely see them in your rear view mirror.”

“I think so..hey embear are you still riding with me”

“I guess so.”

“ok, I will be in touch with you as to when to meet me at my place. Right now it is looking like around noon (hopefully earlier) on June 10th. Is that ok”

“Plus I am bringing a friend who should be registering himself here soon. We may be hiking in a little after dark...what time is everyone arriving?”

“Sounds good. You got my # right?”

““I guess so.”
embear
1:46:44 PM
5/27/05

Now thats an excited woman.”

“Would you have preferred her answer to have been yes, Yes, YES, YES, YESSSSSSSSSSS!”

“yeah I have your number.”

“And Ewker repies:

"Yes, boy have I got your number!!!"”

“toph.. good to hear it..

if the last maybe goes.. that makes the trip full.”

“nowslimmer, it isn't that way. She is just another TT daughter :( sigh”

“i just wanted to say hi--i will be seeing you guys all on the smokies. somehow td enticed me to join the trip. really looking forward to it. like i am sure you all know fairly new to backpacking (been kayaking for years and done some recreational camping) so advice is welcomed.”

“i just wanted to say hi--i will be seeing you guys all on the smokies. somehow td enticed me to join the trip. really looking forward to it. like i am sure you all know fairly new to backpacking (been kayaking for years and done some recreational camping) so advice is welcomed.”

“ok you got your point across ;)


TD, I pretty sure you can count embear as a yes. she weakly said she was riding with me
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“Ewker - It just helps if you stay in practice. Besides, you wouldn't be keeping any secrets from us, would you?

LOL.”

“oops i didnt mean to post twice.”

““embear, just so you know we don't go thru Gatlinburg. We got off I-40 at maryville and head towards Hwy 129..Tail of the Dragon

buckle up it is a ride”
Ewker
1:42:50 PM
5/26/05

Exit 364 on I-40 (US 321) through Lenoir City to Maryville.

Catch 129 South (Alcoa Highway goes North) in Maryville and buckle up.”

“buckle up it is a ride”
Ewker
1:42:50 PM
5/26/05

I want to go down and do the Tail of the Dragon on my bike.”

“Um, sorry guys, but just found out I am spending that weekend at Center Hill lake with my friends. They got a cabin there for me since I will be moving a week or so after that. Wish I could join yall, but I need a good weekend with my best buds one last time.........:(”

“embear, sorry you are gonna miss this hike.
Have fun with your best buds (guess we are chopped liver guys ;) )

When are you leaving for Colorado?”

“Are you moving to Colorado? I am new in these forums so I am not up-to-date. If so, where are you moving to? I lived near Fort Collins for 7 years.

You're gonna love Colorado!”

“woodzie, I am moving to the Denver/Boulder area to hopefully go to grad school at UC Boulder. My mom is from there, so I have tons of family there and have been to the area quite a bit. I am so excited and know I am gonna love it! why did you move to Tenn?”

“Sorry to hear you aren't going Em.. would have liked to hike with you..

Best of you to you, in everything the future holds..”

“I drove the Tail of the Dragon yesterday. It was nothing. I just take it easy and pull off to let them pass. I believe someone said there were only about three places to pull off the road. Bull! I can find plenty of places. I have driven that stretch of road many times.

I bypassed the Gatlinburg area and stopped at Payless in Maryville and bought some Waldies. Then I passed through one of my favorite places, Abrams Creek CG. I'm now in Bryson City trying to replan my next trip. So for now I'm back to a "Maybe."

BTW, I was stopped north of Nashville in a construction area by police just waving cars over to the side. I fumbled with my harness to make it look like I was removing it as a policeman arrived. He told me I was was "free" and could leave, that they were after the car behind me. I peeled out burning rubber as I hit pavement.
last edited: 5/31/05 10:05:21 AM”

“Geez gimme a break NS, it's been over three years since I drove the dragon. I can't remember every pull off.”

“nowslimmer, I saw on the news last night that the police had setup a lot of roadblocks looking for drunks. Luckily they didn't find one but they did write up a bunch for not wear the seat belt.”

“humanpackmule - Your memory is OK. I simply make pull-off locations whereever there is space.”

“well Lil Toph finally got me the information for this trip, and looks like I'll be coming along.

Looking forward to meeting all of you.”

“jackass”

“Hey toph, whoosayadaddy? Is that your dad or a troll?”

“Even though I know him, he is definitely a troll.”

“What would your mother think of you calling your old man a troll??”

“He evidently has more issue with being called a troll than a jackass.”

“I've been called worse...

...but the troll thing is new to me, so I felt I should be offended.”

“Ok, ok, after many-a-heated email from toph, I have agreed to apologize. I'm sorry for cluttering up the thread and for picking on him.

But, with that said, I am looking forward to this trip. It will be my first outing since the California trip to the AAWA last summer. We have had a new edition to the family (our first) so free-time has been very precious and hard to come by, but several things just happened to fall into place for the wknd of the 10-12th and I am able to go.

Looking forward to meeting you all...”

“wimp, I liked toph's daddy better. At any rate, you already have a troll ready and waiting to be used whenever the need arises :)”

“I am betting we miss the bloom by a week to 10 days.

Hopefully, I will get to go back up the last weekend in June.”