Also, I forgot to mention seeing a convoy of 8-10 hard-top X4's, led by two BMW motorcycles, on the "Tail of the Dragon" (US 129) at the NC/TN border. If any of you have driven this area, you will know why it is called the Dragon. It has 318 curves in 11 miles. When I had finally made it through and stopped for gas, I noticed one biker stop just after me and he was literally shaking with residual adrenaline/fear.

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