Ninth Annual British V8 Fall Gathering, Townsend, TN Sept. 26-28, 2019

[Mickey Richaud]

Folks -
The gathering is in a couple of weeks.  I'm looking forward to seeing y'all again.

Though we don't plan any activities, other than the Friday night cookout, here are a couple of drives to consider:

One is the new portion of the Foothills Parkway that connects Hwy. 321 near Walland/Townsend to Wear's Valley Rd.  There is a drive from there back to Walland that has some nice scenery.  And, of course, you can take Foothills Pkwy. over to the Tail of the Dragon and have your picture made while demonstrating your/your  car's prowess.  ;-)

The other is a drive I'd never known of before, but was recently posted by one of the local clubs.  It's called the Devil's Triangle (also known as the Little Dragon), and here's a club member's description:  

"This is a 44-45 mile trip through some seriously twisty and fun mountain roads.  'They' (the highway department) have fixed/paved the washouts so it is fun running now!  It runs on Hwy's 116, 330, and 62, and passes by Brushy Mountain Prison.  It does have 3 MAJOR 180 degree switch-backs that go uphill, and many other consecutive curves, the kind of road that sports cars were made for!!"

Here is a MAP (link) of the triangle:

http://tailofthedragonmaps.com/wp-content/uploads/DevilsTriangle_2015.pdf

So, a couple of suggestions for ya.  See ya soon!

Mickey

[MGBV8]

Plus, some great hiking trails!

[MGBV8]

"Will the Roadmaster be there?"

Seriously highly doubt it.  Rick currently has it in Illinois.  It will be a 1000 mile round trip for Rick & Jean for a 3 day weekend getaway in Townsend, TN.

[v8mgb]

One place for a short hike we may want to check out is Look Rock Tower. It's on the Foothills Parkway.
http://www.smokies.ws/lookrock/

Laurel Falls is another location.  It's off Little River Road
https://www.google.com/search?q=laurel%20falls%20trail

Bald River Falls is near the Cherohala Skyway
https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/cherokee/recreation/recarea/?recid=35130

[lawnvett]

Brenda & PJ plan to attend, check for Friday will be mailed tomorrow, civilian car oh well at least we'll be there.

[Mickey Richaud]

Good to hear, PJ!  Looking forward to seeing y'all!

[Mickey Richaud]

Headcount for the cookout so far:

Watsons
Richauds
Stevensons
Maloneys
Dan Masters
DeGroats
Ingrams
Schils
Mike Moor
Jim Miller
Carl Floyd
Moors
Johanskis
Lenihans

Anyone else?

[MGBV8]

Max Fulton?

[MGBV8]

Max is not yet sure when he will be arriving.  May be late Friday.

[v8mgb]

Weather is looking good for the gathering.

[mowog1]

Weather has been GREAT.

Tail of the Dragon and the Cherahola Skyway yesterday.

Some of the group went hiking today while the rest of us drove the Missing Link of the Foothills Parkway.

These three days go too quickly!

Next year....save the first weekend of October for the Townsend Gathering!

[Mickey Richaud]

And make your reservations at the Talley Ho NOW!

Great barbecue and fellowship tonight!  Safe travels for all tomorrow.

[MGBV8]

Didn't happen without pics!  

[psmg]

Mary and I arrived home at 8:30 last night. Thanks to everyone who made the trip as it was great seeing everyone again, especially PJ and Brenda. What a group to be a proud member in.
A special thanks to Mickey and Jim for the organizing the cookout. Folks here think we're crazy for driving 700 miles each way for a Friday night BBQ, but I think it was well worth it.
See you next year the 1st week of October.

Paul and Mary

[Mickey Richaud]

Great seeing all of you again!

[v8mgb]

Here is where all the pictures are from the Dragon and Cherohala Skyway

129 Photos Dragon.  September 27th.  We have a MG section where our pictures are grouped.  The Midges were not part of our group
https://xtremesportsphotography.photoreflect.com/store/Orderpage.aspx?pi=0QAK03I1040012&po=0&pc=108

Kilboy.com, September 27th, We came through at 11:38
https://killboy.photoreflect.com/store/ThumbPage.aspx?e=10486023&g=04RK03LE02

129spayer.com, Septermer 27th.  We came through at 11:32
https://store.129slayer.com/


Cherohala Skyway  September 27th. We came through at 3:17
https://xtremesportsphotography.photoreflect.com/store/ThumbPage.aspx?e=10487514&g=0QAK03I001

I also made a movie from the pictures
Dragon
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1zFq2oOZ9BS0bRSTbZtVPoQOb0mB3pPoS/view?usp=sharing

Cherohala skyway
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RHUCNvOaEKJl-VCxX5ebscXVQRxZuCnD/view?usp=sharing

[mowog1]

Excellent, Jim!  Thank you.

[MGBV8]

Awesome!

[v8mgb]

Pictures

[v8mgb]

More Pictures

[v8mgb]

And More Pictures



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<img src="http://forum.britishv8.org/file.php?10,file=20796,in_body_attachment=1" style="transform:rotate(90deg);">

[v8mgb]

An more

[MGBV8]

Five us us went for a 5 mile hike (Jim Miller, Jean Ingram, Max Fulton, Jim Blackwood, & myself) at this historic area of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.

https://roadtrippers.com/magazine/abandoned-ghost-town-smoky-mountains/

[MGBV8]

Gas Station at Historic Tapoca Lodge.


Mickey Richaud's Victor TF


New trend in motorcycle trailers.

[MGBV8]

A pic above shows me standing on a wall snapping a pic of the view.  Here's the pic that I took from that wall.


Foothills Parkway view from same spot as group pic above (also standing on a wall).