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Winery and Lunch

Details

Your Host(s): Alan Miller

Drive Pace: Moderate

Day Start Time Finish Time Cost Meeting Place People Limit MINIs Limit
Saturday 10:00am 2:30pm Pay for your own lunch General Store Parking Lot at Fontana Village 30 none

Please note that you will not be able to participate in the Group Photo and this drive.

Pay for your own lunch. Welcome to the mountains! We will be exploring the rural areas around Fontana Lake and the infamous Road to Nowhere in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Most of our route will be in Swain County near Bryson City. The nickname for this area is the: Uncrowded, Unhurried, Unspoiled, Uncommon side of the Smokies. Keep in mind the Unhurried portion. This will be a very scenic ride, not a race. We will be driving on public rural roads so be courteous to local traffic. Unlike the Dragon, there are many many driveways and side roads where other traffic may be merging with our group. Also, some roads may not have a yellow line, but drive them as if they do! Remember, it is their road, they were here first. Wave and smile, be good visitors and leave a good impression of the MINI community!

We will have a photo op where the road ends along the "Tuck" River and then proceed to our second stop where we will explore the tunnel at the end of "The Road To Nowhere". Our third stop for lunch will be at the recently opened Brewpub at the Nantahala Warehouse. They are a second location of the very popular Nantahala Brewing Company. Their exceptional menu just enhances the great beer selection. As they normally are only open for dinner, they are opening just for us and will have a special menu for our private luncheon. See the sample menu below from our 2017 run for an idea of what might be offered this year

You can stay as long as you want in Bryson City as the return drive to Fontana is on your own. Just be back in time for the Farewell Dinner at 6:00.

NOTE: Please be sure to bring your FRS/GMRS radio !.

Your Schedule (give or take a little)

Start Finish Activity
10:00 am Meet at the Fontana General Store Parking Lot
10:00am 11:15am Drive from Fontana to Tuckasegee Dock
11:15am 11:35am Photo op along the "Tuck" River
11:35am 11:50am Drive to the Road to Nowhere
11:50am 12:10pm Explore the Tunnel
12:10pm 12:25pm Drive to Nantahala Warehouse
12:25pm 1:30pm Lunch at Nantahala Warehouse
1:30pm 2:30pm Drive back to Fontana Village ON YOUR OWN
     

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Additional Links: Road to Nowhere Information
Road to Nowhere Map / Brochure
Brewpub at Nantahala Warehouse
Sample MINI Luch Menu
(final menu will be different)
Nantahala Brewery

Who Is Going?

There are currently 32 people signed up with 22 MINIs attending.

  1. Aileen Kirby
  2. Angela Diiorio
  3. Becky McWhirter
  4. Ben Powell
  5. Cathy Chapman
  6. Claudia Stallings
  7. David Price
  8. David Smith
  9. Dusdee YAEMSIRI
  10. Hannah Heitman
  11. Ian Howell
  12. Jak Yaemsiri
  13. Jeff Carwell
  14. Jennifer Price
  15. JONATHAN BELL
  16. Josh Martin
  17. Joshua Erikson
  18. Karen Carwell
  19. Kathryn Westlake
  20. Leanna Smith
  21. Lysa Glunt
  22. Max Haner
  23. Michael Chapman
  24. Mike Stallings
  25. Mitzy Dillman
  26. Patrick Kirby
  27. Peter Wallace
  28. Sam Heitman
  29. Steven Smith
  30. Susan MINIFiED
  31. Terry Kiernan
  32. Travis Hanson