by "Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)" (rduncan5678)
Published 11/03/2017 at 00:14
by "Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)" (rduncan5678)
Published 11/03/2017 at 00:14
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DAY 1 - Brick, NJ to Greenville, VA
Wednesday afternoon I finally got the car all packed up and got on the road. Since I didn’t get to sleep until 3am the night prior, it was a real struggle to get out before noon. But anyways on the road I went, in a northward direction for a lunch with another Oppo! The purpose of this drive was also to test drive the Miata since I hadn’t driven it at all for over a month. With the cobwebs out of the way, I headed West to i81 and then South. No issues were had and I arrived to my campsite for the night in Greenville, VA around 10pm. I cooked up a double cheeseburger and a can of soup and then crawled into my sleeping bag for a cozy night.
DAY 2 - Greenville, VA to Robbinsville, NC
The leaves! That was the theme of the day, just so much color. What perfect weather too. While the day prior was quite cold and a little rainy, Thursday turned out to be quite pleasant and got sunnier as the day went on. A perfect day for the Blue Ridge Parkway. It began with a crazy ride up VA-56 and then the BRP from 930am to 530pm, a long 8 hours to cover about 350 miles of the road. This included a quick lunch, a side trip to find gas in some middle of nowhere town, and getting stuck behind slow ass Toyotas. Mainly it was smooth sailing at 60-65 though which was quite pleasant.
Overall I have driven around 1100 miles thus far and have not had to add any fluids, nothing has broken, and I don’t hate driving yet. It helped that today was a very fun day with perfect weather. But I think also the missing my car for a month has helped make this like a lovely reunion tour. Tomorrow is the Dragon and other fun roads near Deals Gap!
Bonus, met up with a friend who happened to move to Atlanta and was coming to Asheville for the weekend. He’s got a Miata too because race car!
"Chariotoflove" (chariotoflove)
11/03/2017 at 00:27, STARS: 0
Awesome! Keep it coming.
"pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69)
11/03/2017 at 01:03, STARS: 1
i’m envious.
"AestheticsInMotion" (aestheticsinmotion)
11/03/2017 at 01:58, STARS: 0
Did you bring a tent or are you roughing it in the seat?
"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
11/03/2017 at 07:03, STARS: 0
And with that, an epic journey begins. Enjoy!
"MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s" (mastermario)
11/03/2017 at 08:12, STARS: 4
It’s all fun and games until you get to the plains, then you hate your life for a day or two.
"Shoop" (shoopdawoop993)
11/03/2017 at 08:13, STARS: 6
Any direction that’s away from new jersey is the right direction.
"CaptDale - is secretly British" (captdale)
11/03/2017 at 12:09, STARS: 0
Awesome! Getting closer! Sounds like a good trip. The plains are long and annoying, but the states wiz by.
"Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)" (rduncan5678)
11/03/2017 at 13:37, STARS: 0
Tent camping as much as possible! I’m in a sweet little cabin at deals gap though. $28 a night and I get a real bed, electricity, and a nice shower house. Can’t beat that!
"Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)" (rduncan5678)
11/03/2017 at 13:37, STARS: 1
Certainly while I have Internet access!