Tentative Itinerary:

July 11 (the boring roads)- Leaving for the gap.  Departure time to be discussed.  Meeting location to be discussed.  Most people agree that the earlier the better (a more relaxed ride), but if anyone can't leave till 1:00pm, we will all wait.  Head south as far as we can get with usable daylight, and them call it a night at a motel/hotel (economical) place along the way.  Have some dinner, and socialize about how excited we are that we are actually on the way to slay the dragon.

July 12 (roads are getting better) - Eat a nice hearty breakfast - Then continue south and begin the Skyline Drive / Blue Ridge Parkway.  Again, riding until usable daylight fades, and retiring for the evening at another roadside hotel/motel - nothing fancy.  More socializing about how can the dragon possibly be better than the roads we did today, cause they were awesome.

July 13 (roads are pretty much great) - Continuing down the Blue Ridge Parkway, all the way to the gap (Fontana Village).  no idea what time we will arrive, but rest assured, we will arrive with sore faces from all the grinning we've been doing as we got closer and closer.  Check in to the Village, get settled in, and for the next few days, slay that dragon and ALL of his friends to our hearts content.  If it's not too late when we get there, some of you might wanna rest for a bit, feel free to do so, But I WILL be going out to slay that dragon unless it's dark and/or raining - who's with me?

July 14 (doesn't get better than this) - Coincidence or not, it's a Monday.  People are at work. And that poor dragons gonna take a beating.  Fist few passes nice and easy, to asses the conditions, and the LEO coverage.  I will be fully armed with my high tech dual compound tires, so I don't have to take any shit from that dragon.

July 15 (Motorcycle heaven) - Now that the dragon and a few of his friends have been slayed[sic] several times over, time to expand the scope of this mission, and take a day trip out and about, to attack as many of the highly reviewed rides in the area.  If we do one that anyone particularly likes, lets do it a few times!  We have the time!

July 16 (parting ways) - Wednesday.  This will be the 2 week groups last morning at the gap.  We'll all enjoy breakfast together, and then part ways as the journey continues.  The one weekers can continue to slay the dragon and his buddies, or lounge in the pool, or whatever the weather dictates.  The 2 week group will be heading southwards - Beaches and Bikini clad babes in mind.

July 17 (final checkout) - Thursday, the one week group checks out of Fontana Village, and make their way home however they see fit.  Back-roads, highways, interstates.  Your choice, they are all available.  There's the quick and boring route, or the longer but twistier routes.

July 18 - Fri.

July 19 - Sat.

July 20 - Sun.

July 21 - Mon.

July 22 - Tue.

July 23 - Wed. -  consider heading north at a leisurely pace.

July 24 - Thur.

July 25 - Fri.

July 26 - Sat. - Target date to return home

July 27 - Sunday - Buffer day, in case there are any issues making it back by Saturday.

July 28 - Monday - Telling all our friends at work about how we slayed[sic] the dragon & more.