Blue Ridge Rotary Run
 

I will soon start working out the details of this year's Blue Ridge Rotary Run.

http://www.blacklance.net/B3R/

Just letting people know now so they can hopefully starting making plans to attend.

UPDATE!!!

Date: Oct 25th - 26th.
Where: start in asheville, end in Smokey Mountain National Park (Smokemont Camp ground) Sat night, drive back to asheville sunday morning

Sat evening: I have reserved a group camp site at Smokemont Campground 4 miles away from the Parkway's end in Cherokee. We can have up to 20 people camp at the group site. If you would like to get your own site, it will be $20 a night. You can call 1-877-444-6777 to make reservations. If you want a hotel, you will have to set that up on your own. When we left, the last of the 3 group sites was still available...

So now, I shall start a list of those of us who will camp in the group site.
1. Tray (lt1_rx7/traynham.houston)
2. Holly (ROTORX7Holly)
3. Gianny (Nexcis)
4. Lacy
5. Greg (Eat-Pez)
6. Greg's guest...
7.
8.
9.
10.

Please PM me if you would like a slot in the group site. I am not asking for any $$ for the group site, but if you would like to donate anything, I won't turn it down. It cost $35/night for it.

I'm hoping to make it to his event:)

Sweet! Maybe my car will be ready by then. Haha.

Count me in. :driving:

hell yeah im in, 2nd annual B3R run!

Im in.
I should have my grey rx7 running really good by then. lol.

I should be able to make this also. Hopefully my car will be completely finished by then.

I can probably make it for this.

I'm pissed that I will be missing the Dragon event this year to my blown motor...so I am going to make a point to do this one.

I know me and my husband will be there if he does not have swing shift that weekend to celebrate our 2ed wedding ann. (Oct 22ed to be exact but a girl can try right)

Works for me.

Whats the route plan for this drive?

The drive will start on Sat morning in Boone, NC. We will head south on the parkway. I've not yet decided if we will stop in Waynesville/Sylva or go all the way to Cherokee. Then, if all goes well, I plan to drive back north Sunday to Boone.

My thoughts right now are we catch breakfast in Boone on Sat morning and show how to get to the parkway. On Saturday, everyone drives down the parkway at their own pace in what ever groups they want to be in. Stopping and getting pix or hiking or what ever as they want to. Have dinner sat evening in one of the above mentioned towns. Then Sunday morning, get breakfast again and then as a whole pack, we head back north to Boone, making like 3 stops on the way for larger group pix. The whole section of driving is really about a 3 - 4 hours straight drive (~150 mi).

Sorry for the delay in this info. I have been holding off on planning this event further because there is a 10 mi stretch that is closed right now due to a rock slide. The time line for it to be reopen is late Spring '09 :-/ I will chat with the other guy who is helping me plan this and see what his thoughts are about it and let everyone know as soon as we decide. The detour is no less than 30 - 40 mi around and you have to "back track" to see the non-closed sections.

closure info:
http://www.nps.gov/blri/planyourvisit/roadclosures.htm

So...a little over 2 months away.

yeah, 2 months away and i'm seriously debating of canceling it this year and picking it back up next year. or i will change it to run from cherokee to asheville...i'm not sure, i've not had time to sit down and actually plan something out :(

i know, i'm bad...i've dropped the ball...

It's not all his fault... I've been busying gearing up for a my wedding in 3 weeks time, remodeling a house to move into, etc... So yea, not much has been done. Sorry guys.

there is still time, right?

yes there is...i could plan something, i have faith in myself :) phoenix, would you be planning on coming?

Not this year. I am desperately trying to get ready for 7stock.

if all goes according to plan, i shall see you there...

I drove up to Asheville this weekend and Tray and I did a scouting run on the Blue Ridge Parkway. Reservations have been made. I will let Tray post all the details.

Holly

Ok, as Holly just let everyone know, we are doing this again this year!

I will update the website this week, and look at the first post in this thread to see the updated details

I'm the driving force. I'm pushing you Tray.
Anyone have a car I can borrow for the drive? :)

Holly

I am going to try to go to this, but I don't know if I am on deployment or not.

the B3R site (in my sig...) will now maintain the list of attendees/campers...

ok, i give quick link: B3R Camping

Sweet, I checked out the site and sent you an email.

i shall add you to the list on the site in the morning...

I see you still have spots open for the camp site. Please add myself and my girlfriend to the list. (Reese LeBlanc and Nicole Dillon). Thanks!

Hi Holly! :)

...done.

Reese, are you the Reese who had the 20B 10AE and then went LT1?

That's me. Heh. A case of my reputation preceding me. LOL. I just sold the LT1 10AE to a guy from Virginia. I'm now driving an 88 vert that will (hopefully) soon be kitted, painted and TII swapped.

Car is most likely going to be Porsche Arctic Silver or Dark Grey from the Saturn Sky.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3105/...0c246e0133.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3050/...9683494ee8.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3089/...4122669e02.jpg

hey reese...we may see you there if David does not start Michelin with me by then
Oh well. I need to get back studing for Organic Chem II

Hey Reese's cup. :) Looks like you have been at it again. It will be good to see you, been a long time.

Holly

Dang,

I just realized this is the same F*&King weekend as the Speed 4 Sale event!! I REALLy wanted to go but I already signed up for the track day.

Someone cover this event for RCCDigizine!!

Phil, sorry about that, it was the follow week after I had already reserved the camp site did I realize it was the same weekend as S4S shoot out...and knew that would be conflict for some people. =/ Next year I'll remember to check out when other events are and hopefully have a date set earlier than 2 months before. (We were limited to first weekend and last weekend of Oct...I went with last weekend to give some people, like myself, more time to get our cars bak on the road)

I'll sure Gianny will take plenty of pictures and I'll contribute to any write up of the event for RCCD.

Hey hate to be clueless but what time Sat morning... I still may be able to pull a few strings to get me and my hubby there. BUT I HAVE TO GO THROUGH HIS BOSS. WHICH SUCKS BECAUSE THERE HAS BEEN MANY TIMES WE HAVE HAD TO CANCEL VACATIONS AT THE LAST MINUTE.

I'm looking at breakfast starting at like 8 - 9:30...and getting on the parkway about 10 i think, i would have to check the schedule =] i'll fix this if i need to after i look at it

schedule:

http://www.blacklance.net/B3R/b3r2008.pdf

well as of right now...please wait until I get the real OK but we are in

we are in....David and Julia

done.

Tray,

Can you go ahead and add my friend Bryan Maness to the list? I just told him about it and he's definitely in. Thanks!

Reese