PLEASE READ THESE DETAILS CAREFULLY. THIS IS THE ZEE CENTRAL VIRGINIA ELEMENT FOR "SLAY THE DRAGON" BEING ORGANIZED BY THE QUEEN CITY CRA-Z'S. REGISTER ON THE QUEEN CITY CRA-Z'S EVENT IF YOU ARE ORIGINATING IN THE CHARLOTTE AREA OR ON THE CORRESPONDING FREE STATE BIMMER Z'S EVENT IF YOU ARE RUNNING WITH THAT GROUP.
Leader/Coordinator: Bob Van Zandt
Description: This event is for Zee Central Virginia Roadsters & Coupes members who wish to participate in the Slay the Dragon event being organized by Randy Carter and the Queen City Cra-Z's. Since the Cra-Z's will be originating in the Charlotte, NC area on Saturday morning, 18 May 2024, our Zee Central Virginia event will allow us to gather at the Tru by Hilton in Christiansburg, VA on Friday evening, 17 May 2024. On Saturday morning 18 May 2024 we will have a brief driver's meeting at 9:00 AM at the Tru in Christiansburg, then proceed for approximately one hour (72 miles) south on I-81 to meet the other participants at the meeting point in Marion, VA. The meeting point is the parking lot of the Smyth Valley Crossing Shopping Center, near the gas station at 1121 N. Main Street, Marion, VA 24354. This is at the corner of US-11 and VA-16, the southern end of the Back of the Dragon. I plan to have us at the meeting point by 10:30 AM. Then the combined group will run the Back of the Dragon on VA-16 between Marion, VA and Tazewell, VA. We are expecting 30 cars, so we will break into several groups, and I have volunteered to lead the last group out of the Smyth Valley Crossing parking lot. Lunch will be at the Back of the Dragon Brewery, 592 Main Street, Tazewell, VA. The menu entrees are approximately $15/each. After lunch we will head south on the Back of the Dragon VA-16 until we get to VA-42, which we will follow to VA-621 and the Big Walker Lookout. This will be a good spot for those in Zee Central Virginia who wish to uncouple and head back to Christiansburg or points north. For those staying with the main group we will then head back towards Marion via US-52, VA-680 and US-11. A catered group dinner featuring a chicken entree will be held at 6:00 PM at the Holston Hills Country Club, 1000 Country Club Road, Marion, VA 24534. I anticipate the dinner will cost about $25/each. After dinner, at approximately 7:45 PM, the Zee Central Virginia group will depart the country club and return via I-81 for the approximately 1 hour run to the Tru by Hilton in Christiansburg for our Saturday evening stay. I plan to be back to the Tru by about 9:00 PM. We will then depart for our homes on Sunday morning, 19 May 2024.
Hotel: Everyone is responsible for making their own hotel reservation, there is no room block or group rate in Christiansburg for the Zee Central Virginia contingent . I am staying on Friday 5/17 and Sat 5/18 at the Tru by Hilton, 55 Hampton Blvd NE, Christiansburg, VA 24073. The Tru will be our driver's meeting/starting point for Saturday morning's drive to meet the Queen City Cra-Z's and the Free State Bimmer Z's at Marion. I will begin our Driver's Meeting at the Tru at 9:00 AM. Feel free to make your reservation at the Tru or at another nearby hotel of your choosing, but we will be starting from the Tru by Hilton on Saturday morning.
Comms: FRS Channel 17
Copy/Paste this link into your browser to see the intended route from the Tru by Hilton in Christiansburg to the meeting point in Marion, VA: https://maps.app.goo.gl/Eka7WjjMLG5A4Xhv5
Copy/Paste this link into your browser to see the intended route from Marion to Tazewell to Big Walker Lookout and back to Marion: https://maps.app.goo.gl/g4S3sEXbMdsNkbSP8
Please familiarize yourself with the ZSCCA group drive, convoy and 2-Way radio use best practices by reviewing these documents:
Requirements for Participation in Group Drives & Convoys
Basics of Convoy Driving
Proper Use of 2-way Radios
Questions? Contact me, Bob VZ, on Messenger, or text at (757) 329-5773, or email at VicePresident@zscca.org or ZeeCentralVirginia@gmail.com
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