The NORTH Atlanta caravan will be leaving Thursday morning, April 14th, 2016. The meeting spot will be at the Wal-Mart parking lot at Exit 4 off of I-985N starting at 11:00AM for those who want to stop in at Nantahala Village and check in, then go over the Dragon to Addicted Performance for the evening registration and activities.

We'll leave the north side of Atlanta around 12:00 Noon to destination of Nantahala Village, then regroup for drive over to Addicted Performance (U.S. Why 411S, Maryville TN 37801. So get all your supplies in the car and be ready to roll by then. Also Chevron Gas station is right there so gas up for the 120 mile drive. Also there is easy access to line up all the cars and get back onto interstate. Map link here:
Walmart Supercenter
Mill Creek Crossing Shopping Center
3795 Buford Drive
Buford, GA

One important communication item is a 2-way radio, set on channel 7, as there is minimal to no cell coverage up in the mountains.

Planned Route: Walmart Supercenter, Buford Drive, Buford, GA to Nantahala Mountain Villiage, Bryson City, NC

For those trailering their rotaries, just google directions from Gainesville, GA to Bryson City, NC. We can all caravan together as far as Franklin, NC, then those with trailers can split off to avoid all the curves.

I shouldn't have to write this here, but I have lots of experience caravaning and yes, we are all excited to get to our destination, but let's do it safely and don't leave anyone behind. We do not have to stay in the same line-up all the time, but keep the following in mind:

CARAVANING COURTESIES:
1. ALL vehicles, especially the 1st and last, should have a 2-way radio, set to channel 7. Double check communication before leaving the meeting spot.
2. The lead vehicle should have a passenger to help navigate.
3. The last vehicle should have a passenger or know where they are going.
4. All vehicles should never leave any other vehicle behind, at a stop light, etc. Slow down until the vehicle catches up, and communicate on 2-way to the group.
5. All vehicles should keep an eye on the vehicle behind them and slow down, if need be, that way we do not lose anyone.
6. If you need to pull over communicate via 2-way, or if it is an emergency, try to get the attention of vehicle in front of you and pull over, when they see you are missing, they will let everyone know to pull over and wait. Then we can decide if all need to come back to you, or just wait at another spot.

In general keep count of everyone and the lead vehicle should be aware that all is accounted for by getting info from the last vehicle.

 

What abut the guys grabbing lunch first? I was going to grab lunch with phil at 12:30.

 

The lunch and drive up to DGRR with Phil is on Wednesday. This caravan will be leaving Thursday.

 

Are we making the traditional stop for Wal Mart and Gas halfway up? I have a small tank.

 

Thats a personal problem but this site might help: ***** Enlargement: The Definitive Guide - *****-Enlargement.org

Oh, ohhh, you said tank, my bad.

 

Is that the WalMart in Commerce, the one we traditionally stop at?

And Tim, have you seen how big Crit's hands are? He definitely doesn't have a problem with his tank.

 

I'm no expert, but I think we've derailed. Holly, is there a halfway stop? I can put a hose and drogue on the Pilot, but it will take some doing.

 

Destination Nantahala village is 2 hr 20min (110 mi)

The Walmart rest stop is at 1455 Highway 441 S, Clayton, GA 30525

About 1 hr 10 min from the starting point (68 mi)

time will depend on driving speed and traffic.

 

Derailed for sure, you guys haven't even left Atlanta yet and Tim and I are already lost.

Maybe I'd better get a GPS this year.

Anybody got a map of the caravan route?

 

Here you go Ray

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Lowe's+Home+Improvement/Nantahala+Village,+9400+US-19,+Bryson+City,+NC+28713,+United+States/@34.6415764,-83.8384066,9.89z/data=!4m19!4m18!1m10!1m1!1s0x0:0x432a935652442a9d! 2m2!1d-83.987759!2d34.087062!3m4!1m2!1d-83.9878924!2d34.0870333!3s0x88f5947100915677:0x56c 6692aa43c41f0!1m5!1m1!1s0x88593506cd3c29a3:0x1234b 1a065396f5d!2m2!1d-83.5532237!2d35.3556404!3e0

 

Thanks Holly! My group will be there as usual. Can't wait!

Dale

 

Yes. definitely, Crit, we seem to always stop midway at that same walmart. And especially to make it convenient for the RE-5 to top off. Afterall, how many caravans have an RE-5?

 

Its good to see Crit resolved his small tank issue.

 

Holly, I'm in for the caravan.

 

Count me in as well!!

 

There sure were a lot of nice SA's and FB's out this year!

2016 Dgrr Slideshow by Silver85rx7 | Photobucket

 

ray!! Just saw this slide show from last year. Thank you very much. I'm registered for my first DGRR this year. Looking forward to putting a face on all these posts I've shared. Hey guys, I'll be a newbie so if I look lost shout out a direction I should follow. I've only met Carlos so meeting Crit, Ray, Tim, rxtasy (sorry forgot your name) Fred and others will be a real hoot for me. See you there guys and gals.