Marshall, Texas to Lubec, Maine

Sat 09/20/08 (day 1) - Athens

Overview of Trip - 22 States and Canada - 4658 Miles

Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland …More

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Tue Sep 30 8:00am

Sat Sep 20 8:00am

Notes

Projected Cost = $2500 - $3,000

Hotel Cost $566 20% = $700

Fuel Cost 5000 miles @
30 mpg @ $4/gallon = $675

Food $50/day for 10 days $500

Souveniers $500

Misc $500

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Motel 6 - $37 (Athens, TN)

Hotel

2002 Whittaker Rd
Athens, Texas
(423) 745-4441

Sat Sep 20 11:00pm - Sun Sep 21 9:00am

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Sun 09/21/08 (day 2) - Cherokee

OVERVIEW OF DAY TWO - ATHENS, TN TO CHEROKEE, N.C.

174 Miles/5 Hours

Thing to Do

Sun Sep 21 8:00am

Notes

Cherhola Skyway; The Dragon; Foothills Pkway; Great Smokey Mountain National Park; Old Tennesse 73 to Cherokee, NC. Low mileage day leaving time for stops, route reruns and sidetrips. Plenty of time to rerun the dragon a couple of times. Also, consider a loop from Cherokee through the ** gorge and back to cherokee. Helmet required all day

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Weather in Athens 9/20

Other

Sun Sep 21 8:15am

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Cherohala Skyway

Thing to Do

Sun Sep 21 9:00am - Sun Sep 21 11:00am

Notes

Helmet required in Tennessee and NC

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The Dragon

Thing to Do

Sun Sep 21 11:00am - Sun Sep 21 1:00pm

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Great Smokey Mountain National Park

Thing to Do

Sun Sep 21 1:00pm - Sun Sep 21 4:00pm

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Holiday Inn - $88 (Cherokee, NC)

Hotel

US Hwy 19 W
Cherokee, North Carolina 28719

Sun Sep 21 4:00pm - Mon Sep 22 8:00am

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Mon 09/22/08 (day 3) - Roanoke

Blue Ridge Parkway Cherokee North Carolina to Roanoke, Virginia

351 Miles/10 hours

Thing to Do

Mon Sep 22 8:00am - Mon Sep 22 6:00pm

Notes

All day on the Blue Ridge Skyway. Some points of interest on todays mileage are Grandfather Mountain (highest point in Blue Ridge Mountains) Mile High Swinging Bridge,
Helmet required in NC and Virginia

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Blue Ridge Parkway

Thing to Do

Mon Sep 22 9:00am - Mon Sep 22 5:00pm

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Grandfather Mountain/ Mile High Swinging Bridge

Thing to Do

Mon Sep 22 10:00am

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Roanoke AA

Thing to Do

Mon Sep 22 7:00pm

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Days Inn - $50 Roanoke, VA

Hotel

535 Orange Ave NE
Roanoke, VA
540-342-4551

Mon Sep 22 8:00pm - Tue Sep 23 8:00am

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Tue 09/23/08 (day 4) - NW Roanoke

Overview of Day Four - Roanoak VA. to Gettysburg PA

324 miles/8 hours 10 minutes

Other

Tue Sep 23 8:00am - Tue Sep 23 9:00am

Notes

Roanoak to Waynesboro, VA on the Blue Ridge Parkway; Waynesboro, VA to Front Royal, VA through the Shenendoah National Park, then Front Royal, VA to Gettysburg, PA. Harpers Ferry National Historic Park is on the route. Natrual Bridge is a short sidetrip off the route. Stop by Roanoak H/D on the way out of town for a T-shirt if I can talk W/S into it. No helmet required in PA NO MUSIC ALLOWED IN PA

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