Mt Airy Drive - June 30th
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Mt Airy Drive - June 30th
Tentative Itinerary for the Mt. Airy Drive - Saturday June 30th, 2012
7:30AM: Meet at the Caribou Coffee at Brier Creek (8201 Brier Creek Pkwy); Departure @ 8:00AM to I-540 West, and merge onto I-40 West.
Regroup at the Shell gas station (5916 University Parkway Winston-Salem, NC 27105) in Winston-Salem @ 10:00AM (4690 N Patterson Ave Winston-Salem, NC 27105)
From there it will be an approximate 2 hour drive into and through the mountains, into Virginia, and then back down onto 52 to Mt. Airy.
We will be having lunch @ 13 Bones http://www.eat13bones.com/ around noon.
Full Route (excluding return): https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=U...,11,12,13&z=17
Please post up if you plan on attending so I can get get the reservations at Trio made for us ahead of time
Any further suggestions or comments would be greatly appreciated.
Roster:
1. Brett
2. wss2k84 +1 (name?)
3. Eric
4. Ken (tentative)
5. cruc1a7 (name?)
6. Shelia and Ron (tentative)
7. Lee
Disclaimer: We are not going up into the mountains to race or drive like a bunch of idiots! Obey all traffic laws and above all else be safe! Keep it on your side of the road! If you cross the solid yellow...YOU WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE THE GROUP!...I also reserve the right to get us completely lost
7:30AM: Meet at the Caribou Coffee at Brier Creek (8201 Brier Creek Pkwy); Departure @ 8:00AM to I-540 West, and merge onto I-40 West.
Regroup at the Shell gas station (5916 University Parkway Winston-Salem, NC 27105) in Winston-Salem @ 10:00AM (4690 N Patterson Ave Winston-Salem, NC 27105)
From there it will be an approximate 2 hour drive into and through the mountains, into Virginia, and then back down onto 52 to Mt. Airy.
We will be having lunch @ 13 Bones http://www.eat13bones.com/ around noon.
Full Route (excluding return): https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=U...,11,12,13&z=17
Please post up if you plan on attending so I can get get the reservations at Trio made for us ahead of time
Any further suggestions or comments would be greatly appreciated.
Roster:
1. Brett
2. wss2k84 +1 (name?)
3. Eric
4. Ken (tentative)
5. cruc1a7 (name?)
6. Shelia and Ron (tentative)
7. Lee
Disclaimer: We are not going up into the mountains to race or drive like a bunch of idiots! Obey all traffic laws and above all else be safe! Keep it on your side of the road! If you cross the solid yellow...YOU WILL BE ASKED TO LEAVE THE GROUP!...I also reserve the right to get us completely lost
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Originally Posted by RedCelica' timestamp='[url="tel:1337605860"
1337605860[/url]' post='21716139]
Just got back from a church retreat and found some killer roads above Winston-Salem. I was wondering if anyone would be interested in doing a day trip or weekend up there
Route and roads: http://maps.google.c...sp=4&sz=13&z=13
Exploring other roads is definitely encouraged as well.
Food: http://maps.google.c...h+Carolina&z=14
Might try something nice like this: http://www.triorestaurantandbar.com/ I took Kate to the one here in Raleigh and it was really good. Great wine as well. If we wanted to go cheaper too I'm always down for that.
Lodging: Microtel @ $60/night; Hampton Inn @ $109/night; or Holiday Inn Express @ $96.
Would love any feedback on this idea, positive or negative. My schedule is open and would like to do my best in be inclusive of everyone who could make it.
Trip time from Raleigh would be about 2.5 hours.
Just got back from a church retreat and found some killer roads above Winston-Salem. I was wondering if anyone would be interested in doing a day trip or weekend up there
Route and roads: http://maps.google.c...sp=4&sz=13&z=13
Exploring other roads is definitely encouraged as well.
Food: http://maps.google.c...h+Carolina&z=14
Might try something nice like this: http://www.triorestaurantandbar.com/ I took Kate to the one here in Raleigh and it was really good. Great wine as well. If we wanted to go cheaper too I'm always down for that.
Lodging: Microtel @ $60/night; Hampton Inn @ $109/night; or Holiday Inn Express @ $96.
Would love any feedback on this idea, positive or negative. My schedule is open and would like to do my best in be inclusive of everyone who could make it.
Trip time from Raleigh would be about 2.5 hours.
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Thanks for the feedback, Lee 
There are a good number of tight corners with a decent amount of elevation change. I was really wishing I was in the S and not a church van 
So a couple of preferential questions then:
1) Day trip (Saturday) or weekend?
2) If weekend, which hotel?
3) Cheaper food for our 1 dinner or a nice place?
4) Any interest in checking out the sites? (State Parks and wutnut)
There are a good number of tight corners with a decent amount of elevation change. I was really wishing I was in the S and not a church van So a couple of preferential questions then:
1) Day trip (Saturday) or weekend?
2) If weekend, which hotel?
3) Cheaper food for our 1 dinner or a nice place?
4) Any interest in checking out the sites? (State Parks and wutnut)
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Def some great roads - Golden Eagle used to lead drives up there and I used to do a weekly Saturday drive with a local car club from Greensboro. GE has a mapped route in the sticky: https://www.s2ki.com/s2000/topic/306...5#entry5898115
I started to make a map but it got FUBAR'd at Meadows of Dan.
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=...69332,0.616608
The rest of it is either going to Chateau Morrisette or taking a left at the BRP just south of Meadows of Dan, going a couple miles, then left on Orchard Gap and south to Mt. Airy.
We used to do Sat mornings and just drive around the Hanging Rock area, but a day trip is easy - Oak Ridge for brunch, lunch in VA like at Meadows or Chateau Morrisette (pinkies out), then dinner some place like Greensboro on the way back to Raleigh.
Love the roads up there!
I started to make a map but it got FUBAR'd at Meadows of Dan.
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=...69332,0.616608
The rest of it is either going to Chateau Morrisette or taking a left at the BRP just south of Meadows of Dan, going a couple miles, then left on Orchard Gap and south to Mt. Airy.
We used to do Sat mornings and just drive around the Hanging Rock area, but a day trip is easy - Oak Ridge for brunch, lunch in VA like at Meadows or Chateau Morrisette (pinkies out), then dinner some place like Greensboro on the way back to Raleigh.
Love the roads up there!
