Is there ever a good time of year to drive the Tail of the Dragon? An, "off season"?
I`ve thought about doing a road trip down that way, but too many times I`ve had some well planned back road adventures ruined by slow moving locals and/or packs of tourists.
Most recent example was a solo road trip home from my inlaws and I diverted my route through some seriously spectacular roads around Eureka Springs, AK. I even selected a Sunday morning before the shops opened and the weather was cooler than normal. Still ended up behind a couple busses which were hard to pass, and the final insult of some old guy in a 70`s vintage F-150 doing 25~30MPH. The roads where I caught him have no pull outs and are WAY to twisty to attempt a safe pass unless you have far more power than my GTI. I spent an hour screaming at my steering wheel while watching the best roads I`ve ever traversed slowly pass by.
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