Official Spring 2009 Smoky Mountain BMW Rally

[Hartge_H27]

i can make it if it towards the end of the month in august.

[TS87325IS]

did you figure out you noise yet ? sucks you couldn't stay , I wanted to see that thing rip through the mountains.

[Hartge_H27]

no not yet i think i am going to just rip everything in the back of car out and replace it all. I have most of the parts here. So y not.

[cr2596]

August sounds great. Hopefully it will be before class starts back. Then, I wont have to rush or miss any of it. Ill be bringing more LA folks.

[RobertK]

I would probably be out of an August meet. Too early (only 2 months away) and I have a beach trip planned the 1st week of Sept. I could only do it if it is in mid-late Sept.

Also, I remember our first meet was in August. It was hot and miserable, not to mention the bees were all over our stuff.

[dinanm3atl]

Yah but we stay higher up it sounds like.

[BigBumperNick]

I'm up for anything. Just keep a thread going.

[dinanm3atl]

Waiting for SteveL to reply to my PM :)

[FireMan]

Some info for those interested

If we get there before the crowd there a loop in the center with level sites big enough for our group. The sites are a little smaller than Look Rock but the bathrooms are right next door. The nearest store/restaurant/etc. we know of is 25 miles away ; take heed McMuffin Boys. We will need to be pretty much self-contained on this one. The road going in is fairly new so Google and others try to route you up a NPS fire road, not for E30's; don't go there. The road in is 18 miles from US 441 (Cherokee, NC) up the Blue Ridge Parkway; there are signs.

Location: Swain County, North Carolina
Elevation: 1,625 meters, or 5,331 feet.
Coords: 35.5656559N, 83.1748684W
Sites: 46


Some links:

http://gorp.away.com/gorp/publishers/menasha/carolinas_camp2.htm

http://www.tripadvisor.com/Hotel_Review-g143031-d584574-Reviews-Balsam_Mountain_Campground-Great_Smoky_Mountains_National_Park_Tennessee.html

http://www.lat-long.com/Latitude-Longitude-980506-North_Carolina-Balsam_Mountain_Campground.html

http://www.nps.gov/grsm/planyourvisit/upload/BalsamMountain2.pdf

[dinanm3atl]

I am down...

What is a 'good' time?

[unicorn]

Matt should decide.

I thought it was Matt and Tristan that wanted one last hurrah on the dragon b/4 Matt's baby. and the Stevies, too. Mike are you there?

[e30pwr]

date is all that is needed now.

[FireMan]

I am down...

What is a 'good' time?

I'm flexible; Robert, is there a time you 'could' fit it in? Hate to go without you man.

Matt should decide.
I thought it was Matt and Tristan that wanted one last hurrah on the dragon b/4 Matt's baby. and the Stevies, too. Mike are you there?[

I Am, Therefore I Think. We can still do the dragon; it's just farther away. But there are also some super roads all around that area.

[madformx5]

If you guys would not mind a moocher from Texas I might like to come depending on when it is. I am only 992mi away. Sounds like a good road trip to me.

[cr2596]

You could meet up with us LA guys and join our caravan. If you dont mind slumming with us LA folks that is. :biggrin