Official Mitsu's Take On the Dragon '12 National Meet

Special_K · Jan 7, 2012

www.mitsustakeonthedragon.com
Its that time to start up the official thread for MTOD '12. The 3rd Annual Mitsubishi's Take On the Dragon Meet is fast approaching. Gameplan for the weekend will surround the trip to the Tail of The Dragon US HWY 129. For those who haven't heard about this road, it is one of the biggest car enthusiast roads in the country. In an 11 mile stretch, this hwy contains 318 turns. Its every car nuts dream.
Picture of a section of the road:

Special_K on the Dragon April 2009:

Scenic View at the beginning of the Tail:

Pearl01Strat on the Dragon:

Link to last years pics here---------> http://www.club3g.com/forum/meets/136829-mtod.html

What better place to meet new friends, see old friends, enjoy the scenery all around and get out and actually enjoy the road.

Outings for the event:

Thursday 6/14:
Meet up (Meeting place TBD) @0930 to rally to The Devils Triangle. This is not an official event, come if you want the experience! It shall take a good 90 minutes+ to get to Oliver Springs, so be prepared for a decently long drive to the North/West side of Knoxville. Its well worth it tho. Also Oliver Springs is how do you say...A small ass podunk town with little to nothing. There is one-two gas stations and not much in the way of anything else. Be prepared to shell out a bit more for gas if you dont come prepared. THIS IS YOUR WARNING!!!

Nothing else planned for the day, spend time with your cabin mates and/or hit up some establishments in Gatlinburg.

Friday 6/15:
Meet up (Meeting place Smoky Mountains Sugarland Visitor Center) @ Time TBD to rally to the south side of the mountains to spend the day in Cherrokee Country. This again is not an official event, come if you want the experience! More details to be provided by Jeremy

Meet up @ 8PM (2000 for you military people) @ Location TBD for some Go Kart/Mini Golf action. Spend the evening unwinding with some fellow car peeps and have fun getting your kid on with some over priced Go Karts and Mini Golf. The fun is free, the ass handing will cost you the fee of one Go Kart Ride!!!

Saturday 6/16:
Meet up (Meeting place Smoky Mountains Sugarland Visitor Center) @ 0930 to rally to the Dragon US HWY 129. We will be taking the same scenic roads as last year, so be prepared with plenty of fuel. This is the reason we all make the trek out to MTOD each year, We'd love to see you make it out to this one!!! Spend as much time at the Dragon as you like, we will grab a group pic somewhere prior to driving the Dragon, then its up to each person on how much time is spent there.

Farewell Diner @ 6PM (1800 for you militar people) @ Bennet's Barbeque in Pigeon Forge. This will be a time we can all get together, share in some laughs, drinks and food and say farewell to all our old friends and new friends. Shinanigans could/may transpire after this event if people want their asses handed to them again for a second in in Go Karts!

There are plenty of things to do in the area like:

Hiking
Horseback Riding
Site Seeing downtown Gatlinburg
Eating Out downtown
Go-karts
Putt-Putt
DollyWood
Driving other roads
Chillen at the Cabin
Sleeping
Fishing

The possibilities are endless.

What: The 3rd Annual Mitsubishi's Take On the Dragon National Meet
Where: Gatlinburg, Tennessee (also Tail of the Dragon HWY 129 in Deal's Gap, NC)
When: June 10th-17th, 2012 Who: Any and all Mitsu's and/or Mitsu fanatics
Why: To have a good time!

www.mitsustakeonthedragon.com said:
2011 Agenda

Other than the above activities, the week is open to endless possibilities. You can enjoy:

Hiking
Horseback Riding
Site Seeing downtown Gatlinburg
Eating Out downtown
Go-karts
Putt-Putt
DollyWood
Driving other roads
Chillen at the Cabin/Hotel
Sleeping
Fishing
Drinking
etc...

Links to look at:
Tail of the Dragon at Deals Gap and Cherohala Skyway, Graham Co, NC
Welcome to the Blue Ridge Parkway
Gatlinburg, TN - Gatlinburg Tennessee - Official Site, Gatlinburg Chamber of Commerce
Pigeon Forge Family Vacation Destination Guide ? Pigeon Forge, Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park (U.S. National Park Service)
ERA in the Smokies Cabin Rentals

Tail of the Dragon Calendar of Events
Mitsu's Take On the Dragon 2011 Event on Facebook

We had over 50 people attend the 1st MTOD, 45 people attend the 2nd MTOD and I am hoping for over 100 this year. MTOD '12 promises to be BIGGER, BETTER, LONGER!!! :naughty:

Who's Coming:
1) Special_WatchingHisGirlishFigure:ghey:_K - Kevin - Club3g
2) blkshdw03 + 1 - Tara & Steph - Club3g
~~3) froubaby - Liz - Club3g~~
~~4) RedDevl - Vlad - Lands Unknown~~
5) DGJ04RT - 2Gstratus.org
6) Tearstone +3 - Russ, Bobbi, Tearstone Lite (Tyler) & Amber - Club3g
7) drunkoffjuic +1 - Eric & Lindsay - Club3g
8) db00eclipse - Dave - Club3g
9) tomsoutdoor - Tom +1 - Club3g
10) Boston, Tx :ghey: - Chad - Club3g
11) eclipsechick7 - Britt - Club3g
12) finesse49ers - Charles - Club3g/DSMtuners/evom
13) Iceman99turbo - Jeremy +1 - Club3g
14) HaZal2d0us aka dk89 - 2gstratus.org / Club3g
15) 3gEclipse86 - Mike - Club3g
16) mk3rider - Dave - Club3g
17) Chippy - Steve - Club3g
18) Centurin - Anthony - Club3g
19) Jane_Blaze - Terri - Club3g
20) StreetLegal - Ben - Club3g/2gstratus.org
21) ityn - Ian - Club3g/EvoM
22) kabob - Club3g / BarbieCarForums :ghey:
23) Rulez - Mike - Club3g
24) newdie - Matt - Club3g
25) Drewski0523 - Andrew +1 - Club3g
26) wright06jhs - - Club3g
27) GTEclipse17 - - Club3g
28) jared529 - Jared - Club3g
29) cozby89 - Jeff - Club3g
30) MrOnTime - Josh - Club3g
31) soup boy - Raman - Club3g
32) thanic1080 - Travorious - Club3g
33)

Special_K · Jan 7, 2012

Gotta update some more, but I just wanted to get the date up for now.

Mattt · Jan 7, 2012

I should be able to come to this. Hoping to get a few more MD people too.

Drewski0523 · Jan 7, 2012

:agreed:

3gEclipse86 · Jan 7, 2012

:woot:

3gEclipse86 · Jan 7, 2012

Try and make it, it's definitely a good time.

3G Runner · Jan 7, 2012

Won't be able to make it this year.

Special_K · Jan 8, 2012

:sad:

3G Runner · Jan 8, 2012

It's kind of hard when my car and myself will be in Italy. Though, I could try to find a decent rental for the week :lol:

But if this is still going on in 2015, I will try to come then with the car.

Chad · Jan 8, 2012

A whole week? Eh... Kev we need to shorten down some. Some of us can't take off a whole week (especially me since I'm pretty much new at my job still). Britt and I will be there though, most likely for a few days.

Special_K · Jan 8, 2012

wright06jhs said:
Ill definitely be showing up again this year, just probably not a whole week. BUT hopefully longer then this year lol

drunkoffjuic said:
Chad, not everyone needs to be down the whole week. We may be down there longer than a week, but because it will be our 1 year wedding anniversary we may be heading back early or staying there longer. We will have to talk about it and find out what we are doing.

Truth, you need not be there the whole week. Things wont officially start until probably Thursday June 14th, 2012, but if people want to come down earlier just to enjoy the area they are more than welcome to. The people in our cabin went for a whole week last year and had a blast. The extra time to just unwind was nice.

Dont worry if you only come for the weekend you wont miss any of the fun.

wright06jhs · Jan 8, 2012

Ill definitely be showing up again this year, just probably not a whole week. BUT hopefully longer then this year lol

Silvertune · Jan 8, 2012

This thread always makes me a bit sad. I want to go so badly.

Drunkoffjuic · Jan 8, 2012

Chad, not everyone needs to be down the whole week. We may be down there longer than a week, but because it will be our 1 year wedding anniversary we may be heading back early or staying there longer. We will have to talk about it and find out what we are doing.

Tearstone · Jan 8, 2012

We will most likely be there for the whole week as well.

JermTheElf · Jan 8, 2012

I will be there.. If my subie is welcome :happysad:

Drunkoffjuic · Jan 8, 2012

:squint:It's not, so don't come.

Just kidding, your and your girl Mackenzie are more than welcome to join us all.

JermTheElf · Jan 8, 2012

I had such a great time last year I'd love to do it again

ADRIENNE · Jan 8, 2012

Wish i could go but ill be out of the country. I went down there last summer though in our Toyota Fj Cruiser. And the roads were so fun to drive on. Dollywood was such a blast.

GTEclipse17 · Jan 8, 2012

I'll be there this year again. I missed last year due to work but will be good this year.

jared529 · Jan 8, 2012

im in on this meet. i will for sure do this one.

froubaby · Jan 9, 2012

I've got to get a few months under my belt to get my vacation days going at the new job before I can commit to this.

ICEMAN99TURBO · Jan 9, 2012

Working on our group again this year... but so far we have a good 5 that was there last year, committed to this year as well. Tamera and I will be there. :yesway:

nitroram33 · Jan 9, 2012

I'm already here lol...

HaZal2d0uS · Jan 9, 2012

Got in contact with Charles and Jeremy

I need to first get an internship for the summer, and then see if I can get the time off. I'm assuming I'll be able to because I rarely ask for time off and this would probably be the only days I wouldn't work. But we will have to see what they say...

Jerm you won't have the slowest car this year :lol:

3gEclipse86 · Jan 9, 2012

I'm in!

Centurin · Jan 9, 2012

Definitely count me in. Last year was a blast. Looking forward to driving the Blueridge parkway again too.

Special_K · Jan 9, 2012

This year will be different for sure. Last year we had to many things planned and as a result many people felt that they wanted more downtime. So with that being said this year the only real 'Planned' event will be the trip out to TOTD. All other activities/trips/cruises will be at your own free will.

I am also working on the idea of having a Photo scavenger hunt with a sum of money to buy into the scavenger hunt and the winners would get the pot of money. It would be great fun and also get people to go out and have fun in G'burg/P'forge. More details of that to come later on.

db00eclipse · Jan 11, 2012

I'm in. I will make it this year for sure. I will quit if I have to.

Chad · Jan 11, 2012

:yesway:

natedog_37 · Jan 15, 2012

Take that back I have a wedding I am in on the 15th. Maybe next year

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