North Carolina Mountain Leaf Viewing Drive?

[lotsats]

I live in the Raleigh, North Carolina area and I’m thinking about doing a run on the Blue Ridge Parkway for some leaf viewing. I know the dates vary each year, and I’m thinking maybe mid October will likely be a good time. I have done this before in my 1984 Caterham. This time around, I have a recent 1966 Lotus 7 S2 restoration to try out. I did a 100 mile day with it last weekend and am thinking that maybe I trust it’s reliability now. My preferred route would be from Boone to Asheville, or the reverse, or maybe do it both ways. Are any of you interested?  
 

Joel 

[pethier]

A Twink?  That's a restomod.

 

And I suggest you put the flag on the front.  The streets are different than the dunes at Pismo Beach. :-)

[ThatRealCraig]

Woah! That’s quite the selection, Respect!!!

That’s a fantastic idea! Are you suggesting to drive all the way from Raleigh? I live in Raleigh too but I haven’t done longer than ~50 mile runs in mine.

 

[SENC]

Nice!  Wish I could join, but this Fall is going to be busy (culminating in daughter's wedding in November).  Have fun!

[Austin David]

We're all doing a terrible job representing the southeast.  The following is a proposal, all of these are editable -- click to sign in (free for life), make copies to change stuff.

 

Overview: Blowing Rock -> Cherokee -> Asheville

https://route7.austindavid.com/route/QlYEaMKAeTmv
 

1 day to gather, 2 days in the mountains, 1 day home.

 

Day 1: go to Blowing Rock.  Resorts are cheap during the week... or at least, they were in the "before times" when I used to travel a lot.

Wilmington route for SENC: https://route7.austindavid.com/route/fro05kDTO8i6

Charleston route for me: https://route7.austindavid.com/route/DaxxB9cfN1zG

Greenville route for uglyfast et al: https://route7.austindavid.com/route/DgsB6zLJjAh8

 

Day 2: ... is a lot of BRP still closed?  https://www.nps.gov/blri/planyourvisit/roadclosures.htm -- seems to be some significant closure between blowing rock -> asheville.

Blowing Rock -> Cherokee: https://route7.austindavid.com/route/9vPhadSdsw_U 

 

Day 3: Cherokee -> Asheville: https://route7.austindavid.com/route/MmF50JNmMRLf

There's room for Deal's Gap in here.  I've never driven it, I hear mixed things.

 

Day 4: Asheville -> home

Wilmington for SENC: https://route7.austindavid.com/route/-O6uPcRau8GP

Charleston for me: https://route7.austindavid.com/route/rJ-0jxW25_N0

 

 

Again, just a proposal.  I'm tired of working and tired of looking at my garage.