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As Carlos pointed out there is a CITGO gas station right next to our hotel.  It however is east of the hotel.  We will be traveling west.  I would suggest gassing up Thursday night or Friday morning BEFORE 9am.  Hope to head out 9am sharp.  There are good places to stop for gas between the Dragon and the Cherohala in Vonore, TN and also after the Cherohala in Robbinsville, NC.  Maggie Valley to Vonore is 102 miles through the mountains.  So try to have enough gas in your car to do that stretch before we leave the hotel.  Gunna be a hoot.

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This is probably overkill but...here we go.  It is an hour drive from Maggie Valley to the Loop.  We will be coming in on 28 to the right.  We will travel counter clockwise around the loop including yellow and orange roads.  There may be places where you have no cell phone reception and no reception for creating new maps on your GPS.  You may want to bring a conventional GPS.  If you get behind or lost try and use this map.  I will give them out on Friday morning.  If you get separated try to give me a call and we will wait.  This is like riding motorcycles.  Follow the person in front of you and don't do anything erratic.  You could cause a chain reaction.  Many times you may be less than 100 ft from the person in front of you and you will not see them.  If you have to stop suddenly try to get off the road.

This is going to be awesome.  See you Friday morning.

Phil Luebbert  7576133465

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Marty.  Kids heal so fast.  In a week he'll be back to baseline.

One thing that is always predictable about weather in the mountains, its always unpredictable.  We may see a little rain on one side of a mountain then none on the other.  It will be fine.

Tom Boney.  Still planning on being your copilot.  

If anyone is still up at 1030 or 1100 tonight I'll see you then.  Going to need a nightcap after 7.5 hours on the road.

Here are some choices:

#1 Creekside to Sierra Nevada, scenic route without lunch stop, = 76 miles

I'd have to call the lunch spot to let them know we aren't coming.

#2 Creekside to lunch, shortened version of my first draft, = 60 miles.

After lunch plan A, Back up 215 taking Parkway to Sierra Nevada, = 60 miles.

After lunch plan B, down and dirty to Sierra Nevada skipping fun/scenic roads,  = 35miles

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