Tackling the Tail of the Dragon with a flock of Minis
by Scott Burgess (RSS feed) on Jul 9th, 2012 at 2:31PM
Road trips deserve the long route, and some of the best things come during detours. Tucked on the western edge of North Carolina in the Great Smoky Mountains is a strip of road that has more curves than the Playboy Mansion on movie night, and, most likely, is more fun: The Tail of the Dragon. It's a mere 11-mile stretch of US 129, this cambered ribbon of asphalt that weaves back and forth 318 times along trails that began hundreds of years ago. Indians, settlers and civil war troops all made their way through this mountainside pass through Deals Gap that legend says began as an... Read More
