Part 6 Good Roads and Bad Decisions If you have a moment, look up the Blue Ridge Mountain Parkway on the internet and find a general map of the route. Linda and I did this during our planning stages. We did not want to have to “rush” our trip so we set ourselves rather “low” […]
NER’s Second DE of the Year – Palmer CW in June A few days before the event the weather report didn’t look good but your faithful DE Crier called in a few favors and the weather was darn near perfect all three days. You can thank me later. As with Thompson, turnout was a […]
April 15 is now the 4th day of our trip. So as not to confuse anyone… it is the FIRST day of our driving on the Blue Ridge Mountain Parkway. The Blue Ridge is quite long, traversing just over 465 total miles. The road begins (mile post zero) at Waynesboro VA and snakes along the […]
Human nature is to be quiet about embarrassing things one has done. But last week Tom Tate shared his latest embarrassing experience with all of the Northeast Region. Emboldened by his brave act I will share mine and encourage others to do the same. Being used to modern cars, I have assumed that if my […]
It was a long winter but clean living prevailed, and we finally got on the track. The NER season opening DE was over Memorial Day weekend at Thompson Speedway Motorsports Park: three days of rip roaring fun for novices and veterans alike. On Friday there was special attention paid to drivers new to DE and […]
Thursday, April 14 is to be a day of finally driving real southern roads. Up to now it has been all interstates and connecting local roads. Linda and I (well I much more than Linda) have been looking forward to these mountain roads for some time. Skyline Drive is about 105 miles long and […]
Summer is here along with the warm weather, finally! Come participate in NER’s June events to take full advantage of the sunny month ahead! 6/05 NCR – 2022 Autocross Event #2 – 7:00 AM to 4:00 PM 6/10 DE at Palmer Motorsports Park – Clockwise – 12:00 AM to 11:59 PM 6/12 SoBo at Sweet […]
Our plan for day 2 is to spend as much time as possible at the Air & Space Museum. In case you might not know this, the MAIN Air & Space Museum on the Washington Mall has been closed for a couple of years. They are renovating the building and have plans to re-open […]