How many miles is too many for a two day drive?
I was plotting a southern route. Maybe Run For The Coast
The invent of RFTH was that Space Coast Fieros was looking for something more than sand dunes as a place to exercise a nice sport car. They came to Helen, Ga. and subsequently found The Tail of The Dragon. They enjoyed the curves so much that it became a yearly trek to the mountainous area of the southeast. That's what RFTH is about so it might be best to keep RFTH in the mountains.
This is from our Club History tab:
"Our club's most outstanding organized event is its annual "Run For The Hills" weekend held on the third weekend of September. The idea originated in 1995 at the Gulf Coast Fiero Weekend, when a group of Florida Fiero owners decided to go in search of something higher than a sand dune. For the first few years the event sponsorship rotated between the Alabama, Space Coast, and Georgia Fiero clubs. Eventually, the event was offered to the Georgia Fiero Club as its sole host and sponsor.
Each year the event has grown and attracts participants from many parts of the Eastern United States, and on occasion, as far away as Texas, California, and even Australia. Since starting as a weekend road trip in the hills, the event has become an event that embraces a thrilling drive through the mountains and valleys of the Southeastern US." We have done a trip to Tybee Island before. Georgia Fiero icon Don Hulse had never been to the coast and a trip was set up with hotel arrangements. As it ended up, only Don and I and my brother attended. A weekend coastal trip as a summer venture would probably be a good event. Just as long as it's not when all those college kids are there. Set it up similar to RFTH. Arrive Friday evening and leave Sunday morning.
Our RFTH event isn't really a 3 day event. It's just 1 day. Some locals come in Saturday morning, do the run with us and then go home. As with this year, we arrive on Friday, do the actual run on Saturday, and return home on Sunday. The mileage for the run is kind of controlled by the need to get checked in at our Saturday hotel and get to our restaurant on time.
Getting checked in isn't a factor when we start and end at the same hotel. I think I've only done 3 events that we started in one place and ended in another. Once from Clayton to Gatlinburg, once from Dawsonville to Gatlinburg, and once from Clayton to Asheville.
When we make a loop and return to the same place, we have a little leeway in making the run more than 200 miles long. Usually the runs average about 175 miles.
This year, my original route was just over 250 miles, but because we couldn't reach Gatlinburg in time to check in and get to Calhoun's in time, we cut out 30 miles and shortened another 15 with a different route.
