2600 mi. road trip (high bandwidth)

JeepinJarhead03 · **Posted:** Wed Jan 19, 2011 5:24 am

Top of the range, roughly 7k feet ele.

And a passenger with fatigued ears

For some reason elevation changes have never bothered me, apparently some people get nose bleeds etc?

some weird thing in WVA that I passed on my way to IL the first time last year at night.. no idea what it is

view from the hotel in nags head

Hit the aquarium, thought these turtles were fake until I saw one breathing lol

A very flirty female ray - got a video of one of the male rays splashing robin real good I'll post it later

main reason we went, she had to see some sharks

dirty beast

hiding the dirt

some of these are corolla, some are bodie, haven't found our other XD card with corolla yet

it was super windy, and freezing and after this picture I realized I hadn't aired down via.. getting momentarily stuck about 10 feet down the beach

miles of beach

bridge road leaving OBX

fast forwarding to the mountains again heading back to IL
couple kitty kats and deer on the preserve

mile ele.

30mph winds, ~ 6 degrees

now taking ticket reservations for my next trip

max +2 occupants

Slitch · **Posted:** Wed Jan 19, 2011 5:40 am

Very nice pics, looks beautiful
and agian AWESOME BUMPERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :rockon:

i think tw0 red or orange Drings on the front will look killer as well

JeepinJarhead03 · **Posted:** Wed Jan 19, 2011 5:50 am

I've got a huge twisted clevis on the back that I move to the front if I need anything in the front, eventually I'll put something permanent up there, still haven't got my fairlead and winch on

other than gas, and hotel, the trip cost me a 30k recovery strap not far out of banner elk, but with all the commotion no pics or video were taken so technically it didn't happen but I'm pretty sure the rear bumper and mounting got a nice work out because I ended up throwing away the strap

overall it was an awesome trip

oh, and since there were no pictures of it either, i technically didn't have to dig out in corolla either

btw, the whiteish roads, it wasn't salt, it was ice

For some reason, on the trip down to NC, none of the mountain parkway and adjoining highway/int roads had been salted, by the time we hit the peaks they were putting down brine which just made it slushy on top, from peak down to my home town it was about 200-300 miles of ice which resulted in about 200 miles of 4wd just to keep mild to moderate steering input - the compound on my tires has turned hard as a rock, when they were new (came with the vehicle) they were just as good or better than the michelin LTX MS, after 40-50% wear and some age, they're up there with the SRA's as futile doughnuts

Slitch · **Posted:** Wed Jan 19, 2011 6:18 am

JeepinJarhead03 wrote:

which resulted in about 200 miles of 4wd just to keep mild to moderate steering input

i guess the DTT helps alot too
i really really want one but it will cost me about 450$ just to ship it to here :banghead:

tommudd · **Posted:** Wed Jan 19, 2011 10:00 am

Thanks for the pics...seems like I have seen some of that terrain before :shock:

Wishin' I was beachin' right now...... :wink:

blackwidowkj06 · **Posted:** Wed Jan 19, 2011 11:01 am

Beautiful pictures. Glad I live in that terrain

Next time you should stop in Kentucky for a day and I can show you two around.

JeepinJarhead03 · **Posted:** Wed Jan 19, 2011 2:01 pm

Heck ya, she loves sharks

sand tigers and reef sharks are pretty fun to watch, one of the sand tigers was pretty big

JeepinJarhead03 · **Posted:** Wed Jan 19, 2011 2:05 pm

tommudd wrote:

Thanks for the pics...seems like I have seen some of that terrain before :shock:

Wishin' I was beachin' right now...... :wink:

yup it's a mix of nagshead, manteo, bodie and corolla

the mountains are a mix between the route down from IL which goes through the corner of ky to wva, and the route back which is the route that goes through the NC appa's to knoxville Tn

the actual routes are identical above the KY - georgetown / louisville area, but change a bit depending on if you go to knoxville before heading east

georgetown then east route takes you through a pretty long run of mountains which includes hazard co. etc the knoxville route takes you through banner elk / boone etc which is abruptly shorter in terms of mountain terrain but will often run into closed roads during the worst of the bad weather

blackwidowkj06 · **Posted:** Wed Jan 19, 2011 4:07 pm

JeepinJarhead03 wrote:

georgetown then east route takes you through a pretty long run of mountains which includes hazard co.

Good ol' Hazard Co. :-)r

If you were Kentuckian, you would understand the inside joke about Hazard Co. I'm sure you have a county in your state that if you hear the name, you just chuckle about it.

When you go this way through Georgetown, KY you're less than 2hrs from me. Actually if you go this way towards Knoxville, TN you'll go through Mt. Vernon, KY (Renfro Valley) which is 30 minutes or less from me. That is I-75 to be clear. Beautiful mountains driving towards Knoxville/Gatlinburg/Pigeon Forge, TN. I wanted to look at the mountains more than concentrating on driving. :mrgreen:

LI_KJ · **Posted:** Wed Jan 19, 2011 7:22 pm

JeepinJarhead03 wrote:

yup it's a mix of nagshead, manteo, bodie and corolla

Whats the deal with access on these beaches? Do you need a permit? Required gear? I would love to go down and check it out sometime when the weather improves. Looks like a great road trip with the misses. Thanks for sharing.
:pepper:

JeepinJarhead03 · **Posted:** Wed Jan 19, 2011 10:10 pm

ran it on the way back into NC after dropping off the running boards, and on the way back to TN on the way leaving and heading to knoxville

had i ran it on the way in on sunday/monday when i first started the road trip, we probably wouldn't be having this conversation lol..

i love that road, after barreling it on the way back into NC, i beelined for beech mountain and went and got me some peach preserves, some fancy onion ranch dressing and some garlic salsa from Freds Merc on top of the mountain

i started trying to do a video of it but my cam kept falling off the dash and robin was getting disoriented due to her ears popping

i found that road back in 2002ish when i had a 996 duc and had to stop for a few because my pucks were trying to twist up my leg and were getting really hot lol

blackwidowkj06 · **Posted:** Wed Jan 19, 2011 10:45 pm

i'm sure you went through the tunnels in the mountains, right?

JeepinJarhead03 · **Posted:** Thu Jan 20, 2011 1:28 am

i bypassed all but one this trip, went over instead of through

blackwidowkj06 · **Posted:** Thu Jan 20, 2011 9:52 am

i like going through the tunnels.

tommudd · **Posted:** Thu Jan 20, 2011 9:56 am

Ready for another Tail of the Dragon trip
Fun ride in or on anything Have never been able to get down to the 11-12 minutes though! The Pete and flatbed took over 55 minutes to go the 11 miles, two other idiots in trucks were coming south with me going north :ROTFL:

I love the Boone area, got snowed in there one Friday afternoon with a load of lumber on, some VERY nice lady took me in, never left until the next Wednesday :shock:

Hazard used to be the county where people ( young people ) went to get married back years ago. They would marry you at 16 or something whereas in Ohio you had to be 21 without your parents consent.

blackwidowkj06 · **Posted:** Thu Jan 20, 2011 4:09 pm

tommudd wrote:

I love the Boone area, got snowed in there one Friday afternoon with a load of lumber on, some VERY nice lady took me in, never left until the next Wednesday :shock:

Hazard used to be the county where people ( young people ) went to get married back years ago. They would marry you at 16 or something whereas in Ohio you had to be 21 without your parents consent.

Boone area is nice Tom.

Hazard... :ROTFL:

That's where the crazy people are from :-)r

It takes me 3 hours to get to Hazard Co. from where I am.

JeepinJarhead03 · **Posted:** Thu Jan 20, 2011 4:52 pm

are they upstream or downstream from ya bw?

ya know what they say.. crazy flows downstream

all joking aside, hazard's not that bad - I've gotten gas there a few times and people seem to be pretty friendly, ate at one of the choke and pukes in that area and talked to some guys that were in a "truck club" seemed like the thing to do in that region was to get a 4x4, and lower it. Maintain 4x4 traction for bad roads and lower it to better handle some of the more nasty sections of road

other than missing my left rear bumpstop which makes hard right turns feel goofy I haven't noticed anything negative about how mine is set up so I'm pretty sure i'll stick to the lifted method

blackwidowkj06 · **Posted:** Thu Jan 20, 2011 5:00 pm

Well JeepinJarhead,

I would have to say neither! :ROTFL:

I live in Pulaski Co. and Hazard is more East than Southeast. Man, I do not know why I have been saying Hazard Co. cause Hazard isn't a county at all! :banghead:

Hazard, KY is in Perry Co.

This map shows Pulaski Co. (me) and Perry Co. (Hazard) long ways off, or as we say here "Over Yonder". :ROTFL:

blackwidowkj06 · **Posted:** Thu Jan 20, 2011 5:05 pm

Something about that area of KY, you may see people living in what you may call "shacks" or "poor housing" but they have nice vehicles. Hazard is a nice place you can say (terrain wise) but keep your eyes peeled out. Looks can be deciving. The Appalachain Mountain range runs just a little bit through my county, but in Hazard it's all mountains!!! You can see some mines from the road if you go further into Hazard.

JeepinJarhead03 · **Posted:** Thu Jan 20, 2011 5:14 pm

yeah, it actually seemed pretty familiar to be honest

not much different than where I came from with people in a busted trailer half falling off the blocks, and 5 suped up mustangs/etc in the driveway lol

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