The day ended on a good note. I had a chance to drive the Tail of the Dragon before the sunset. Wow! That was a cool ride. It was just one switch back after another. I tried to capture the feel of it with my camera but it just doesn't do it justice.
Tuesday, October 18, 2005
Tail of the Dragon
Last night, with the Flamin' Beer Guy, was pretty exciting and I was half expecting a dull drive down to Tennese today. I was surprised by the amount of traffic all. It didn't let up until I left Virginia. While I was driving in all of that congestion I did have a hair raising moment. The cars in front of me were driving very erractically and they were trying to either stop or scatter. When the cars moved I got a good view of the obstruction in the road and I had a hard time believing my eyes. They were telling me that there was an industrial sized ice machine laying on its side and complete blocking the left lane. A panic stop was out of the question because I had an 18-wheeler right behind me. The car in front of me was trying hard to move to the right and blocking that escape route. So that only left the median. A light touch with the controls kept the car pointed the right direction and out of harms way. Whew! Sorry, I didn't get a chance to snap a picture of the ice machine. I was too busy keeping myself safe.
The day ended on a good note. I had a chance to drive the Tail of the Dragon before the sunset. Wow! That was a cool ride. It was just one switch back after another. I tried to capture the feel of it with my camera but it just doesn't do it justice.
The day ended on a good note. I had a chance to drive the Tail of the Dragon before the sunset. Wow! That was a cool ride. It was just one switch back after another. I tried to capture the feel of it with my camera but it just doesn't do it justice.
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OK, so I'm begining to wonder how one person can live such an amazing adventure in this day in age... what will happen next????
Oh well... would love to see more of the dragon, to bad the camera is not mounted on the Miata yet!
But then again, I'm glad you were concentrating on driving, not snaping pics as you flew around the dragon... what a stretch of road. Maybe someday I will get a chance to try it in the 8.
Did you unload the Miata? Or just run it fully loaded?
--Chris
KEWL!!!! :D Will I be making that detour too? Winging around corners with 3 cats in the back!
I'm glad you enjoyed the joyride. You had to have *some* fun with this gawdawful long drive, right?
O.K....so I been a little busy with sleeping and working and family. Sorry it took me so long to view the "Fabulous Adventures of Roy". Looks like a heck of alot more fun than I had on my way back from Vegas. Even though I had to stop just after that nasty hill climb coming out of ABQ to tighten the box spring back on the trailer.
Hope your mouth is watering for that stuffed chicken breast when you get here. They should be delicious. A little homemade spanish rice and chips with guacamole oughta do the trick too.
See you when you get here.
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