Okteenerfest caravan from the DFW area, Lets start planning. |
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Okteenerfest caravan from the DFW area, Lets start planning. |
ClayPerrine |
Jul 21 2019, 09:45 PM
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Life's been good to me so far..... Group: Admin Posts: 15,392 Joined: 11-September 03 From: Hurst, TX. Member No.: 1,143 Region Association: NineFourteenerVille |
We are starting to plan the trip to and from Okteenerfest.
If you would like to travel with us, just let us know. The more the merrier. Any and all suggestions, ideas, etc.. are greatly appreciated. We have been to Okteenerfest multiple times, and twice to Banner Elk, so here are the gotchas. 1. Registration in Banner Elk on Thursday is usually 3 to 7 in the afternoon/evening. It's better to get there early rather than late because registering on Friday is a pain in the ass. It's a lot more fun to get there early enough to get settled in, meet people, and figure out dinner. We normally make Wednesday a long day, and Thursday a short day of driving. 2. The time change. Around Rockwood, TN, on highway 40, we lose an hour. It bit us hard a couple years ago. 3. Anyone who is pulling a trailer is going to need a safe place to park when we stop for the night, both there and back. 4. Leaving DFW, Betty and I are going to trailer one car, and drive another, both trying to clear Dallas morning rush hour traffic to get to I-30 headed east. A long first day favors leaving early. Questions for the group. What time are y'all comfortable leaving in the morning? We found that leaving at 7am works for us. In the past we have found hotels that were running $60 to $80 a night. What is a comfortable price range for a hotel for y'all? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving-girl.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif) |
scottthephotog |
Jul 22 2019, 12:18 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 187 Joined: 20-November 18 From: Euless, TX Member No.: 22,667 Region Association: Southwest Region |
Looking forward to Okteenerfest and caravaning sounds fun. My wife and I have family in the Carolinas and have made the I-20 trip to South Carolina many times. We've always done it in one shot (about 15 hours). I'm guessing we'd be taking I-30 to I-40 in Little Rock, and then it's pretty much I-40 to Banner Elk. I've driven that before but it's been a while.
I like the idea of arriving on the early side of check-in. It leaves some flexibility and we won't feel rushed to arrive on time. Roughly where do you think you'll want to stop for t Wednesday evening? After about 9-10 hours of driving? Are you thinking a similar idea for the return trip of splitting it across 2 days? My wife and I are comfortable leaving at any time. Morning/night, early/late. Doesn't really matter to either of us. We've left at 6 am and 6 pm in the past for 15-hour drives. Where would you want to leave from? In regards to hotel price, that seems fine. |
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