We made it to Fayetteville NC last night, it was a great trip. Time to get a little quality new granddaughter time in before the Dragon. We will leave for the Dragon on Friday afternoon. Lots of LEO's out yesterday, more than I've ever seen out in one trip down here.

 

Some had said that they may want to run over to see the BILTMORE house in Asheville. Any interest? I can line up a tour if we have a group of 20.

 

REMEMBER I'VE GOT DIBS ON ONE! I'LL BRING SOME EXTRA BATTERIES AS WELL.

 

Just finished cleaning up the Crossfire, man does that red shine nice! We can't wait until Friday to see everyone. This is going to be one fun party !! 80 Crossfires in one spot , hard to believe !! Have a safe trip everyone, see you there !!

 

Didn't make it all the way down to SC today, but we did have fun on 28 to Franklin; like a mini dragon.

Had the Allman Bros. Mountain Jam and Blue Sky on the last bit back to the lodge...just seemed fitting as the sky was very blue in these mountains with very few clouds.

We did stop in Bryson and I did pick up a couple of big bottles of Meguiars Gold car wash, so I think we have enough for quite a few of you to wash your crossies.

 

Wow! What a September. Good grief. I am SOOOOOO ready for a break. And what do ya know: I leave for the Dragon tomorrow! Hell yeah!

I am so pumped to see that so many of my old friends will be there and a ton of new friends too. I know I haven't been to active here in the last few months, but it's putting a smile on my face just reading about all the folks that are coming this year.

I can't wait ta see y'all (it is down south ya know).

Now, everyone say a prayer that I don't get any tickets on the way down.

 

Good luck with that one Tom...............I've seen you drive!

See you in a couple ...........

 

waiting on Taz and Rudy to show up for the night....gettin' the beer cold, and the pizza hot....then I will kick them out in the morning....lol

 

Gary, What about taking the Foothills Parkway to the Dragon this year from Florence? It is slightly out of the way, but some of us won't be going on that run Sunday. It will add 14 minutes/4 miles to the trip.

 

Itsky arrived in time today for a lunch and then I put him to work waxing Crumpy's SRT.
We sat around my backyard pond and solved a good number of the world's problems so this weekend will be safe and quiet for ya'll.
Amazing what two beers will accomplish. Shame it didn't work so easy for Barry.

Anyway, he is bedding down here tonite and three really cool Crossies begin their "spiritual" trek to Mecca in the morning.

Assuming the law doesn't find a reason to interrupt our pilgrimage, we will arrive in the holy lands of the Dragon around 6:00 PM.

See ya there!

 

Well the wife and I headed up to the lodge to do some last minute PC activity and damned if when we walked out of the cabin it was raining. It appears as if tropical storm Nicole has decided to come inland a little bit more than expected; there goes my horse riding tomorrow

We have scattered thunder storms for Thurs, so be careful driving folks, the roads are more than likely going to be slick as you get into the area. Parts of it are almost to Knoxville from the map and heading Northerly.

So I guess it is a good thing I picked up the car wash. If someone stops near a store where you can pick up some sponges, you might want to grab some. I didn't get any tire shine, so you might want to get some of that too.

 

There was a group of us that ended up on the yellow part of the map. If you get a chance to take it for a spin, you won't be disappointed.

 

Sponges?
Use them on your significant other, but not on your car.
It is much more fun.

 

Absolutely James,
This is what we did last fall I believe.
This is definitely the plan !!!

I also head back this way when I leave on Monday.

 

OK ....the Crossfire is packed to the hilt !!!

Electronics
Motorola 2 two way radios + extra batteries
Garmin GPS
Cobra Radar Detector
Ipod (for road tunes)
Dell Laptop PC
Nikon D5000 Camera

For the BBQ:
14 bags of chips
4 huge cans of baked beans
144 hamburger buns
80 hot dog buns
3 bottles of ketchup
2 bottles of mustard
1 huge jar of pickles
200 plastic cups
175 foam plates
200 napkins
120 knife,fork and spoons
1 roll paper towels
1 box aluminum foil
1 box gallon zip lock bags
...grilling utensils

Car Care
Adam's detail spray
Adam's VRT
10 microfiber towels

Personal needs
1 gym bag with 4 days of clothes etc.





Hitting the road Thursday morning to Florence, KY to meet many others and have the Dragon Pre party.
Crossfire Convoy leaving Florence at 8:00 Friday morning and arriving at Fontana Lodge Friday Afternoon around 2pm.
Unloading the Crossfire and then a trip to Robbinsville for the Bubba Burgers and all Beef Hot Dogs and all the drinks for the BBQ.

Be sure to make dinner reservations when you check in if you will be dining in the lodge at the Bistro.
Also less expensive dinner is available down at the Wildwood Grill on the Fontana property.

See ya all on Friday
Drivers meeting on Friday night at 9:00 at the lodge.
I'll check in again here in the morning before I leave Chi-town and again Thursday night from Florence, Ky.
Drive safely everyone

 

You going to have a folding chair with you like you suggested?
(Like you'd have ROOM for it.)

I've got mine sitting here ready to load (but will probably forget it anyway. )

 

Looks like a great list there Gary. I'm glad that you have a coupe to carry all those food items! See ya all soon.

 

see everyone soon

 

I knew there was something I forgot! I could have brought it, but would not have been able to do any top down driving on the way.

 

Gary, get rid of all that crap and repack...

1 case Jack Daniels
1 case Vodka
1 case Gin
1 case Tequila
4 cases Cabernet Sauvignon
2 bottles Jagermeister
2 bottles Goldschlager
2 cases coke (mixer)
1 keg beer (preferably German)


That should get us through Friday night. I will help with Saturdays run.