2021 26th Annual Run For The Hills ⛰🏔🚗🏎

[Wreck It Ralph]

26th Annual Run For The Hill

Please RSVP for the Run here ===> https://forms.gle/EvxYpqAgEc1Unkpz6

Itinerary
Friday September 24, 2021
- (optional) stay in Clayton, GA at Days Inn

Saturday September 25, 2021
- 6-8am Park and line up based on Route choice at Ingles grocery store next to Days Inn
- 7-8am last minute registration, t-shirt and/or sticker pickup
- 8am Drivers meeting
- 9am White Knuckle route drives Leave
- 930am Scenic route drivers leave
- Lunch and gas approximately 1230pm
*** white Knuckle route meets at Jukebox Junction BBQ
*** Scenic route meets at Granny's Kitchen Cherokee NC
- depending on route, lunch/fuel break, and speed arrive in Asheville 4-5pm
- 4-5pm hotel check-in if you are staying in Asheville overnight.
- 630pm Dinner at Applebee’s (must register using the link above)

Sunday
- depart hotel. GA Fiero club will leave as a group heading back towards Atlanta

Route:
Clayton, Ga. to Asheville, NC via Highlands, Cashiers, Canton, and Blue Ridge Parkway.

We will provide a more sedate Sightseer Route guided by our Club President for those who would like to join in the comradery without the white-knuckle experience.

Restaurant:
Lunch in Canton, NC at Jukebox Junction.  Evening dinner in Asheville at either Applebee's.

The September 24 Clayton, Ga. Hotel is Days Inn, 54 US 441, Phone 706-801-4051, Group Sales.  Ask for Georgia Fiero Club rates at $65.95 + 18% tax.  The cutoff date for discount rates is September 5.  You must call this number.  Do not call the hotel direct to make reservations.  You won't get group rates.

The September 25 Asheville Hotel is Red Roof Inn, 16 Crowell Road.  Phone 800-733-7663.  Use Block Code B146GFC925 to get our group rate at $123.24 + 13% tax for double full-size beds, or $127.49 + 13% tax for one of 3 King bedrooms.  The cutoff date is August 25 for discount rates.

RFTH26 T-shirt design is offered in either White or Lt. Gray shirt, sizes Adult Small thru Adult 4X Large. Shirts will be handed out at the day or the event. Please email us if you need your shirt shipped. Order your shirt(s) here ===> http://gafiero.org/shop.shtml

All proceeds will go to The Robinson-Luedecke Memorial Scholarship. Read more or Donate here. http://www.gafiero.org/bbs/index.php?topic=4700.0

This scholarship was established by the friends, family, and colleagues of Jean Robinson and Robert “Trab” Luedecke. The Robinson-Luedecke  Memorial Scholarship Fund (Est. 2021) provides assistance to students in the field of automotive technology and related applied technologies. Scholarships are awarded each year to Georgia  graduating high school seniors and/or continuing college students.



RFTH White-knuckle Route 1 of 2

https://goo.gl/maps/o2rKCnjxuHs8ec646
 
RFTH White-knuckle Route 2 of 2

https://goo.gl/maps/hxKvTJQ5Pw3eJJrJA

RFTH Sightseer's Route 1 of 2

https://goo.gl/maps/znYtFst8vt4MXz8N9

RFTH Sightseer's Route 2 of 2

https://goo.gl/maps/meE4rApePnEqfwEW7

[TopNotch]

The restaurants will, of course, depend on where the run is going.

[GTRS Fiero]

On the shirts. I really did not care for the material of one of the shirts.  It felt flimsy and plast-icky.  I like shirts that feel like cloth.  I think the RFTH 25 shirt was good.  If it's just me, no worries.

I also prefer a grey option.

[scottb]

On the shirts.
I also prefer a grey option.

We took a vote....... yours will be hot pink and neon green

 

[GTRS Fiero]

If that was the most important thing you had on which to vote, the colors would really liven things up.  I was apparently also chosen as your dinner partner, going forward.  After a discussion, it was deemed that I could go, but LeighAnn would wear the shirt, just to keep you happy.

[Wreck It Ralph]

My goal is that one day one of the groups I belong to will let me do a tie dye shirt.

[Wreck It Ralph]

On the shirts. I really did not care for the material of one of the shirts.  It felt flimsy and plast-icky.  I like shirts that feel like cloth.  I think the RFTH 25 shirt was good.  If it's just me, no worries.

I also prefer a grey option.

We had a short discussion about that...

[Fierofool]

On the shirts. I really did not care for the material of one of the shirts.  It felt flimsy and plast-icky.  I like shirts that feel like cloth.  I think the RFTH 25 shirt was good.  If it's just me, no worries.

I also prefer a grey option.

There was an occasion when my regular printer at that time let me down.  At the last minute, I found another and had to take what they offered or there would have been no shirts.  Those shirts had a vinyl based transfer print. 

I'm currently using a printer that prints via an inkjet printer.  It's a dye that becomes a part of the fabric when they expose it to a special light.  IR or UV, I don't know which.  Because it's a dye, it can't be felt and they are able to print on 100% cotton which breathes better, wicks better and is much more confortable for anyone who has a skin condition.  Other methods of printing usually require at least a 50% polyester blend and those do have a stiffer feel.  There are very few printers that use the direct-to-shirt printing method and each that I secured a quote from was priced higher, and not local so there would also be shipping costs.   

We have been offering the shirts in a choice of white or light gray.  In order to keep the colors vibrant, any other color would need a white background printed and that's an extra $5 charge. 

[GTRS Fiero]

Thanks for the clarification.

[GTRS Fiero]

What is the largest number of RFTH attendees, in a given year?

[Raydar]

Upwards of 20?
Charlie should have a better count. but we used to fill parking lots...

[GTRS Fiero]

It would be nice to have big numbers again this year.

Surely more than 20, to fill a parking lot.

[Fierofool]

Forty seven is the most we ever had at 1 RFTH event.  Then the numbers slowly declined.

On the homepage slideshow, counting the 3 that were out of the picture,  there were 25.

[GTRS Fiero]

50 total vehicles should be do-able.

[scottb]

I will not be able to make the run this fall. I have some family stuff happening that weekend that will take precedence. I will be able to help with trial runs