Well maybe not that cool of a story, but more of a summary of my vacation last week....

Ever since I drove by the area last year going to Road Atlanta for Petit Le Mans, I've wanted to come back to the area of Great Smokey Mountain National Park area to just enjoy the roads in the area. A coworker who was living down in NC goes to the area regularly to ride his crotch rocket, so when he asked if anyone want to come along, take some vacation days and do exactly that, I asked when are we leaving?

So another coworker(and his wife), joined the first guy(and his wife) and we left for Robbinsville, NC on the July 4th from Detroit area. I am in my GTI, they are in a Pontiac G8 towing 2 bikes(Kawasaki Ninja ZX6R, and a Ducati 749s)...embarking on a 600 miles drive down....

http://goo.gl/maps/WDVg

My mileage at the beginning of the trip:


The Convoy:


We got there in the early evening, including a drive through the Dragon as it just so happen to be the closest route to Robbinsville...

The cabin we stayed at, called Dragon's Rest, is just outside of Robbinsville. When shared with 5 people, it comes down to ~$140 for 4 nights per person. The cabin is fully furnished with 3 bedrooms and kitchen, cable, gas BBQ, covered parking, even hose to wash the car/bike....

We got a little creek behind the cabin, and open field by the cabin:


Even some cow for good measure....



The next morning begins the fun. The weapons of choice:
GTI:

Ninja:

Ducati:


We start the day with a few blast through the Dragon:
http://goo.gl/maps/pDsd
11 miles, and 318 turns....