(19 JUL 2003) - The next Friday Night Fox Fest will be held sometime in August. We'll see if we can do this about once a month. Congrats and a "Wag of the Windom" to Robert, KE4GVX, winner of last weeks Fest!
Ol'Geezer Group Outing to the WCARS hamfest, Saturday, 26 July 2003, in Waynesville NC, at the Fairgrounds on Hwy 209.
To Get There :
We'll leave Athens about 5AM, and 'Meet and Eat' at the Waffle House, on I85 at Hwy 17, Exit 173, in Lavonia, about 5:45. Proceed to Greenville, exit at White Horse Road (US 25), take a left over I85. Follow the 4 laned, US 25, around Greenville. Bear to the right when US 276 forks off near Travelers Rest.Continue over the mountains until the 4 lane US 25 narrows into 2 lanes. About 2 miles later, bear to the left, get on I26 headed West to Asheville. At Asheville again bear to the left, get on I40 headed West to Waynesville/Knoxville. At the Waynesville Exit 27, get off I40, proceed West toward downtown. Take a right onto NC 209 proceed 1.5 miles to the Fairground on the right.
About Noon-ish we'll leave the Hamfest and proceed South on US 276, about 20 miles to the Blue Ridge Parkway. Take a left, and head North about 5 miles on the BRP to Mt. Pisgah. Mt. Pisgah is one of the highest points in NC and once was part of the Biltmore Estate. We'll have a Picnic Lunch at the park here.
Spend the afternoon checking out the Overlooks, Trails, Water Falls and Tunnels on the Parkway south of Mt. Pisgah.
Blown over tree stumps at The Graveyard Fields used to look like mounds of dirt in a graveyard.
Looking Glass Rock is the nesting site of Peregrine Falcons.
I plan to hike to the top of Devil's Courthouse with a Yagi and a HT. I wonder how many repeaters I'll be able to get into ?!
To Get Back :
Turn left off the BRP at NC 215. Go South down the mountain to Rosman. Get on US 178, go through Pikens to I85 and Home. Check out the Hamfest Schedule at the bottom of the page.