Starting on Tuesday, April 12th through Sunday the 17th, I’ll be in a car for 35 hours just getting to and from the famed Tail of The Dragon. It’s going to be a lot of driving. In fact, the drive down I’m doing over the course of 3 days where the drive back will all be done in one day.
I’m not too worried about the drive down to North Carolina. Day one is from here to Williamsport PA and day two will be to Asheville NC. Day 3 is a relatively comfortable hike (90 minutes) from Asheville to the hotel in the mountains I’m staying. The main issue will be Sunday. I’ll be driving 17 hours home and I think that’s going to be outside of my comfort area. I’ve sort of done it once before from Chicago to home with a short break in Eerie and a 60 minute nap at the MA/NY border. My co-pilot Chris drove a bit but I did the bulk of the driving and was awake the whole time outside of that nap.
That was with another person though. Solo is an entirely different beast. Not enough metal music or books on tape can keep me responsible..or at least that’s what I expect. We’ll see how I feel and maybe I grab 2 hours of shut eye somewhere around the NY/MA border again.
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As for the trip, I’m really excited. I’ll be heading down to Wookies in the Woods. It’s a once-a-year Golf R/R32 event for owners. Volkswagen and a few dozen companies sponsor the shindig and we all spend our days enjoying the mountains and eating BBQ and enjoying some beers at night.
This will also be the first road-trip in my Golf R and while it is a daily-driver, I try my best to keep miles off it because I want the car to hold some of its value over time.
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It’s my first solo trip in a long time. I’ll take plenty of photos & video and maybe have some good content for you all over the next few weeks. If you’re in Asheville, let me know and we can have a few beers.