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Subject: Re: National Rally

Author: Tom Christian

Date: Apr 21, 2005, 4:42 AM

Post ID: 1718738519


Lannis,

Thanks for the clarification. Another tidbit I picked up
is that ticket prices are now "subjective" and can get
into the 500-1500 dollar range - yikes!

My point being, the BRP is nice, but your going nowhere
fast! If you take it all the way, you may want to give
yourself about a week!


On Thu, 21 Apr 2005 11:26:42 +0000
Lannis <lan-@direcway.com> wrote:
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Tom Christian wrote:
 
If I were coming from the South, I'd spend most of my
time
on the "smaller" roads to the west of ridge - various
combinations of Hwy 42 & 615, 32 and many others run up
from near Bristol most of the way up the western side of
the blue ridge. These are well maintained but small
twisty two lane roads with far less police presence than
other major Hwy's, for those of you so inclined to care
:). Sometimes these roads aren't shown on major paper
maps, but if you use local maps, software or GPS, they
are
easy to find.

The BRP is beautiful, and Deals Gap and Tail of the
Dragon
are motorcycling "requirements". However, the BRP has a
35mph speed limit and high traffic volumes throughout
the
summer - worse in fall. Speeding on the BRP is nothing
but an "entertainment tax" - there's no points on your
license, if I recall correctly. I generally have more
fun
on the smaller roads, with the added advantage of being
able to stop at a variety of "small town America"
diners,
gas stations, and drinking establishments along the way.

Tom -

Good call on the roads, however the speed limit on the
Blue Ridge
Parkway for the 325 miles or so from Asheville to
Rockfish Gap is a
uniform 45 MPH. North of there for the next 100, it's
the "Skyline
Drive" and the speed limit drops to 35 MPH.

BRP speeding tickets are a Federal offence ("Why are you
making a
federal case out of this, officer?"), different states
handle the
"points" in different ways 'cause it all goes into the
Big Database,
including the ones the insurance companies use...the
park police are
polite and not everywhere, but if they're on the road
that day, they'll
ticket you for 47 in a 45; they're determined not to let
the BRP become
another Deal's Gap with shards of fiberglass and plastic
lining the
ditches and hanging from the rhodedendrons...

Lannis

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