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Your Host(s): Aaron Granger
Drive Pace: Moderate
Day | Start Time | Finish Time | Cost | Meeting Place | People Limit | MINIs Limit |
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Thursday | 6:00am | 11:00am | FREE | General Store Parking Lot at Fontana Village | none | 30 |
Why this route and why so bloomin' early? I orginally came up with this drive in for MOTD 2006. Before leading a bunch of cars down the route, I got up really early one morning to pre-drive the route by myself and make sure that my directions were correct. I had the roads all to myself and had one of the most memorable experiences of my life. Since then, whenever I need a break, I would close my eyes and remember Little River Road, charging down the road with no traffic at all... windows down, sunroof open, seat heaters and heat on high... I was shivering from the cool, crisp air but I felt so alive! Dense forest on the right, whitewater river on the left and a perfect twisty road under my tires. The park becomes congested after 10-11am everyday as the families in minivans come out to enjoy the scenery, but if we get out early we get this beautiful place all to ourselves.
We will meet up at 6am, have a quick driver's talk and get on the road about 6:10am. Bring your FRS/GMRS radios if you have 'em... We’ll be calling out directions and road hazzards to make things safer and easier. There will be a stop for gas and a snakcs about an hour or so into the drive. Barring any major problems, we should make it back by 11:00am
Start | Finish | Activity |
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6:00am | General Store Parking Lot at Fontana Village | |
6:00am | 11:00am | The drive will take us over the Dragon, up the scenic Foothills Parkway, through Little River Road and back down through 'the gap' for a final run back to Fontana over the 'Hellbender'. There will be some photo stops along the way |
Additional Links: | Sunrise Drive PDF |
Right Click to Save the following Files Locally |
Downloadable Directions for TomTom |
Downloadable Directions for Garmin |
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There are currently 19 people signed up with 14 MINIs attending.