Kent, I gotta agree. BRP and Skyline Drive are some of the most
beautiful and FUN roads to drive I have been on in a long time. There
are a few others out there, but those are near the top.
Others on my list
The Pig Trail in Arkansas
Tensleep Canyon in Wyoming
Mt Washington in New Hampshire
Rocky Mountain National Park road above timberline in Colorado (Has a
name, I forget)
Been on all of them in the Midget.
Then there is the road through the mountains in Oregon, again forget
the name, never had the a Midget on it tho :-(
Others??
Larry
On Jun 2, 2006, at 5:31 PM, <bushwacker4@zoomtown.com>
<bushwacker4@zoomtown.com> wrote:
> In keeping with the "We Tight" policy of purchasing, I recently won
> an auction for cabin rental nights in N. Carolina. The winning bid
> was $10.51 a night for off-season, weekday dates. My wife and I
> picked May 28, 29 and 30 for a little getaway. The cabin is located
> by Bakersville, NC up on a mountain. When I found it on the map I
> realized that it wasn't all that far from Deal's Gap and the Tail
> of the Dragon!!! Whoohoo, side trip!!!
>
> You see, my wife just bought a new Miata and she wanted to take it
> on the trip... OK, twist my arm a little harder honey.
>
> My thinking was that the Tail is heavily patrolled on the weekends
> and would likely be the same on Memorial Day too so I figured that
> Tuesday would work the best. Therefore we had all day Monday to
> drive around and sightsee. We spent a lot of time on the Blue Rdge
> Parkway. It is great for a sportscar or motorcycle. Checked out Mt.
> Mitchell, the highest peak east of the Mississippi. From there we
> went to Chimney Rock which took us on NC Hwy 9 to Hwy 74A.
>
> If you ever get the chance to drive these two roads - DO IT !!!
> Snake signs every short interval (the warning signs with the
> squiggly arrow pointing up). There wasn't enough straight road to
> get up to any kind of speed. Esses, decreasing radious turns,
> hairpins, switchbacks, double switchbacks, triple switchbacks,
> moguls, butterflys, and more twists than I can describe... We never
> had to go very fast to have a great time on these roads. Didn't see
> a single cop anywhere! There weren't any motorcycles hogging the
> road either...
>
> The Miata did a great job on those roads and my wife never hollered
> at me at all. All in all a memorable trip that we'll have to do again.
>
> Kent
> 1960 Bugeye
> 1975 Midget - someday auto-x-er
> 1973 TR-6
>
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