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Eastern Seabord Drive! Am I the only one envious of the No Cal guys?

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Old Feb 19, 2006 | 02:20 AM
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Eastern Seabord Drive! Am I the only one envious of the No Cal guys?

Those guys are having too much fun. Good for them. The rest of us need to get off our duffs and organize our own local drives. Who's with me?

I'm taking the lead, and asking for anyone in the mid-Atlantic states to contact me. I know you're out there. I used to see an R171 regularly on Atlantic Beach last summer. Let's start a dialogue and get some drives going. It's an amazing drive from Wilmington up to Nag's Head, NC. I don't have to tell anyone how cool the Blue Ridge Parkway drive is.

We have a beautiful state with some beautiful drives here in North Carolina. I'm proposing a weekend long drive sometime between March and June. I'm giving lots of notice in order to hopefully get a big response. I'll also cross-post in the R170, R171, and SLK32 threads.

Let's make plans to go somewhere, see something, do something...
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Old Feb 21, 2006 | 06:32 AM
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The Blue Ridge Parkway and the Tail of the Dragon (318 curves in 11 miles) are great roads - Did them from Michigan last October once I had my 1000 mile break-in behind me. I usually head south for races (Rolex 24 hour @ Daytona and the 12 Hours of Sebring) and might be able to make an event if the timing works.......
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