ROUTE CHANGE 10/18/2012

Found out Waynesville will be packed with Apple Fest attendees so we have altered the route just a bit. Meeting place is the same but lunch has changed to the Nick & Nate's Pizza in SYLVA

Here is the new route:

[*]MEETING POINT: Asheville NC at Bent Creek Baptist Church on Brevard Rd (exit 33 off I-26) There is a nice, long stretch of "parking lot" at this location
[*]Begin the Drive along the Blue Ridge Pky all the way to junction of US23/Great Smoky Mtns Expy. Take US23 approx. 10 miles to Sylva.
approx. 60 miles, 2 hours
[*]Lunch in Sylva at Nick & Nate's Pizzaria
approx. 1.5 hrs
[*]Take 107 to Cashiers then 64 to Lake Toxaway area.
approx. 40 miles, 1.25 hrs
[*]Continue on 64. North on 215/Parkway headed to Canton, NC. 215 becomes 110.
approx. 50 miles, 1.5 hours
[*]END POINT in Canton. Be safe driving home.

I plan to leave Seymour around 8:00am and meet other area teeners along the way. I will be driving 411 to Sevierville and Newport; 70/25 to Hot Springs; 209 to 63 to Asheville; and 19/23/74 to 112 to the meeting point.














If you find WCR, RRC, MUSR, ECC, TR and many other 914 events are simply too far away to attend, then chances are you live in the Southeast. If so, make plans to attend a day drive on the twisty roads southwest of Asheville, NC on October 20th. Yeah, I know this is short notice (and is same day as ECC and Petit LeMans) but this drive originally came about when dlee (from Winston-Salem area) and I (from Knoxville area) decided to meet in the mountains this fall for a day of driving. Why not invite everybody?

Teeners from both sides of the Smokies will meet up for a day of some of the “best” roads in the Smoky Mountains including a portion of the Blue Ridge Parkway. We will meet around 10:30am south of Asheville, NC to begin our mountain road journey. in Waynesville at Nick & Nate's Pizzaria (take it easy on the hand crafted beers! ) followed by more

Don't have a running 914? That's OK... bring whatever you have.

This is simply a get-together of like-minded people looking for a fun, safe day of driving their 914s on twisty mountain roads. No prizes, no contests, no fees; though there might be a t-shirt

ORIGINAL ROUTE NO LONGER VALID - PLEASE SEE ROUTE ABOVE
Below is the planned drive (~130+ miles, ~4 hrs drive time, ~2 hours social time):

• MEETING POINT: Asheville NC at Bent Creek Baptist Church on Brevard Rd (exit 33 off I-26) There is a nice, long stretch of "parking lot" at this location
• Begin the Drive along the Blue Ridge Pky to Waynesville NC via 276
  approx. 40 miles, 1.25 hours
• Lunch in Waynesville at Nick & Nate's Pizzaria
  approx. 1.5 hrs
• Take 276 east to 215 south headed to Lake Toxaway
  approx. 50 miles, 1.5 hrs
• 281/107 to Cullowhee
  approx. 30 miles, 1 hour
• 107 to Sylva – END POINT at Jackson Plaza
  approx. 10 miles, 20 min

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I plan to leave Seymour around 8:00am and meet other area teeners along the way. I will be driving 411 to Sevierville and Newport; 70/25 to Hot Springs; 209 to 63 to Asheville; and 19/23/74 to 112 to the meeting point.

Oddly enough, I may be in the Asheville area then visiting our daughter & hubby, but I'm not yet sure of my final schedule yet & if I'd have time to meet up for lunch &/or drive the route.

IIRC they were looking a a house FS in Waynesville area....so who knows?

I'll keep it in mind.

Cheers!
Tom
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That would be AWESOME, Tom!

Maybe I can get BillH1963 to rent me a teener for a day?

Bill - you out there

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Look at all those curves! I'm stoked.

Here is a marker to help put the above maps in scale...

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I'll buy some large Porsche magnets for my wife's Prius

I could tie one of my registered bumpers to the front hood, kind of like our local brethren do with Bambi down here...

Looking glass falls and the white squirrels in Brevard...

I thought of doing a waterfall tour but decided there was not enough time
May have to do that in the spring.

Steve, I know we've discussed this before but I'm in!. Sounds like a fun day of driving

I will see you as I pass thru Sevierville

Have the side view of a 914 printed on vinyl and plaster it to the side of the Prius. That would work

I priced that idea online last night as a joke for my wife.

Wow, I need to be in the vinyl wrap business

Big Bucks - No Whamys!

I'm in if I can drive the Corolla. Too close not to come.

Are you handy with a camera? Maybe you could be the camera man out front or behind the pack

At any rate, will be nice to meet you.

I will bring th D70 and do my best.

I might have an open passenger seat if you don't want to drive the Corolla.

Thanks Doug, but I will probably have copilots.

Ahh... okay

Steve -

Actually going to be up in knox that weekend, but am gonna have to miss it...will be there for the AL/TN game with my family. Looks like it's gonna be a good drive - hate to miss it.

Maybe next time, Rex.

Anytime you are in the area, give me a shout and maybe we can run the Dragon.

I may be up for some or all of this drive. Living an working out of Sautee GA now and thats pretty close to all this.

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914s look best at altitude!

Come on out. The more the merrier!

If i can get my rust bucket over the mountain, I might join you.

Try to join us around Newport for the drive to Asheville via Hot Springs.

I hand lettered a sign that said: "Not my 914, but the box it came in!"
....& put it in the windscreen of my wife's 88 Westy for the G&R Flesh Roast & 914 Parts Swap one year.

I've actually had our Westy on some of those twisties one trip back in `01-02 & it didn't handle too bad, for a tall box with 4 squirrels on tread-wheels pushing 5000 lbs. with me & 2 kids & all our stuff!

We'll be in Gatlinburg the prior weekend, but that's as close as it gets this time 'round...

Two weeks away!

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Looking forward to it

Looking forward to it too, need to get a little drive time in before just to make sure. I havent really had the time to put many miles on it this summer.

With the onset of chilly weather this past weekend, I will be making sure my heating system is fully operational. I hate driving with cold feet

NICE pic

Less than a week away! Let's hope for good weather!



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I will be going over the car this afternoon. Excited about the drive and so far the forecast for next weekend looks nice.

Aweeee... you guys are piss'n me off! That's one of the most beautiful drives in the entire country.

I need one of those Star Trek transporter thingies. Beam me (and my car) out to NC Scotty!

Eric... just fly in and I am sure we can find you a 914 to ride in
Tom T will be in the area all the way from CA and is planning on meeting up with us.
This is going to be a great time whether there are just a couple of us or a dozen or more!

Yup, this is going to be a good time... I'm stoked.


I have a few small things to button up on my car and it'll be good to go. I got a nasty electrical gremlin last night and so I get the pleasure of trying to chase it down.

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Hey Guys,
Sorry we won't be able to make it (going to be at that Petit LeMans thing) but I think this is a great idea. Steve and I talked about it a couple months ago - we need an annual Southeast thing - as he mentioned in the original post everything else is just too far for us in the SE. And what a better way to enjoy our cars than driving the wonderful roads in that area!!

Take lots of pictures and video!!

Thanks for chiming in, Bob. So much going on in the Fall that every weekend conflicted with something.

Weather looks to be sunny and in the low 60s. Can't wait!!!

An event like this should definitely happen at least once a year

Got a PM earlier from a teener in Nashville who, along with his wife, is going to make a weekend trip to the Smokies so they can join us on Saturday

You could call this Okteenerfest.... :-)

Okteenerfest... yeah, that'll work

Approximately what time do you think yall be lunching in Waynesville at Nick & Nate's Pizzaria?

Terry

It will probably be around 12-12:15ish

Those are the best roads in the country I think. My other car club goes up there every year at the end of August and tours for a few days. The roads are so much fun. We base out of Helen Ga area usually. One of our club members runs up there nearly every weekend so he knows where all the good roads are. We just follow him for a few days. Its the most fun I ever had in my car. I bet it would be a blast in the teeners too.

As the weekend nears, let's try to get a rough count of how many people will be attending. I suppose I should call the Pizza place and let them know a (possibly) large group will be invading their space shortly after noon

I will be there