I am going to play it by ear- and I'm sure I'm not alone. If restaurants and bars are still closed at the time of the rally I bet that will have a big bearing on a lot of folks' decisions.. As of right now we're thinking of staying in a hotel in town maybe rosewood or somewhere basic so we can walk to Nantahala or Mountain Layers or BC outdoors or whatever. If they are all still closed, and we decide to come up anyway, we'll probably look into Nantahala resort and grill/cook or drive to TN when we need food and beer lol.

 

I might just do the KOA in Cherokee and take along a healthy supply of steaks and other foods.

 

restaurants are open in North Carolina but not for dine in. Drive thru and take out are still options at most that I have seen. Hopefully the dining rooms will be opened back up by the time were there.

 

Im still open to going but im playing it by ear also.
Steve

 

A lot of roads are closing in WNC and businesses shutting down. You can go but probably not stay or stop anywhere.

https://wlos.com/news/local/covid-19...n-restrictions

https://tailofthedragon.com/

 

We still have a little over a month... I betcha everything will be opened back by then. Those roads are pretty much the only source of income for a great many of the locals around there. The locals will be up in arms!! literally!! lol

 

As a result of the countywide declaration of emergency Graham County Government has established an Emergency Mangement Committee. This committee has met this morning and the following decisions have been made and will be put into play over the coming days.

A) Effective Monday, March 23,2020 all accomodation businesses shall close for business at 12:00 noon. Accomodations defined are hotels, motels, cabins, bed and breakfasts, campgrounds, or any public rental facility that typically rents for less than one month.
B) By Friday, March 27, 2020 the following highways will be closed or have restricted access. 1) Cherohala Skyway will be closed to all traffic 2) Highways US 129 and NC 28 at Deals Gap will be restricted to local resident traffic and commercial traffic 3) US 129 at Topton will be restricted to pass through detour traffic, commercial traffic, and local resident traffic only. Once the US 74 detour is ended then US 129 will be restricted to local traffic and commercial traffic only. 4) NC Highway 28 going east from Stecoah will be restricted to local and detour traffic only and commercial traffic. Once the detour is ended NC 28 will be restricted to local and commercial traffic only. Persons travelling these highways should be prepared to show a Graham County address or proof of property ownership for non-residents to be able to enter Graham County.
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Swain county is also closing various items but no highways yet.

 

County of Swain Adopts a Supplemental Declaration of A Local State of Emergency.

Summary (see documents for full details):

Effective Tuesday, March 24, 2020 at 12:00 noon no gatherings of more than ten (10) persons shall take place in Swain County and Town of Bryson City

Effective Tuesday, March 24, 2020 at 12 :00 noon all hotels, motels, resorts, inns, guest houses, bed-and-breakfasts, campgrounds, RV parks, vacation cabin and
home rentals, and any and all rentals or leases by Air-B-N-B, Homeaway, VRBO, and other rental programs or places where leases or use of any are for less than one month in duration shall be closed in Swain County and Town of Bryson City.

That all of the terms and conditions or that said local State or Emergency declared on March I7, 2020 remains in force and effect.

Any person who violates any provision of this Declaration shall be guilty or a Class 2 misdemeanor in accordance with N .C.G.S. Secs. 166/\- I9.3 I and 14- 288.20/\.

 

Look at China and Italy to see how this plays out over the coming weeks. This is going to get worse before it gets better.

 

President Trump just just gave a speech and said "we must get back to work" It should be business as usual by Easter which falls on April 12 this year!!!

 

He just updated it to April 30th.

 

I know man.... it sucks!! Are you still coming up?

 

Yes it does!
Mostly likely not... maybe we can do a Fall DGRR

 

Sad face here too

This quarantine crap sucks! Only thing good about it is I have more time to tune & wrench on the FD. An early fall DGRR would be great if it can be organized.

 

Yeah, why not summer? Nice weather to enjoy the rivers as well as the roads.

 

I've been thinking that myself. Only downsides to going in the summer are: (1) Lodging and pretty much everything else is more expensive as summer is the prime tourist season, and (2) The dragon and all the other roads there will likely be clogged with lots of pokey SUV driving tourists due to #1. That said, I may head down there this summer with my GF for a little vacation, DGRR or not.

 

Good points. I do like to vacation in that region just about anytime of the year.

I'd move up there, but the ocean is my lady, and I can't seem to live more than a few miles from it.

 

i am moving to Hiawassee Ga Aug 5. i will be 82 miles from Deal's Gap so sign me up when it eventually is going to be run. the bad news is i may be suffering from twisty fatigue on arrival as it is showing 1 hour 44 minutes. not getting my calculator out that sounds like about 50 mph. most trips i am used to in the midwest end up close to 80 mph.probably something to do with mountains... which are scarce in Wisconsin. should be fun as the FD was built for the twisties. above all, i look forward to meeting fellow rotards.

 

It will be a great honor to meet you sir!! You will fall in love with those roads, the people, and the cars!! Very happy you will be joining us!

 

The way everything is working out looks like if I am going this year it will be in oct or Nov. If I can even make it happen.
I will really be looking fwd to the next meet though as it will be my 1st. At least the car should be 100% by then.
Any update for 2020?