Asheville to Dillard

We had a nice leisurely day with gorgeous MG top-down weather again on Wednesday, June 6.  I am late for this post to the blog because I couldn't get internet service at my room.  Today I am at the MG2012 Registration Room where they have great internet connection service to complete the blog.

It rained lightly overnight in Asheville so the morning was spent drying the cars so that we could pack and not have rain fall into the boot while we completed our packing.  It was cool but bright and beautiful for the whole day of driving.  We drove to Cherokee and then on to Murphy.

Driving to Cherokee

We had lunch at Doyle's in Murphy.  Food and conversation was very good.  Tim from Cumming, GA, in his 1959 MGA Coupe met us at the restaurant and then drove with us to Dillard.  We sat outside on the porch for lunch and the atmosphere was like being at the beach.  Behind the curtained stage was a beach scene complete with dancing girls and beach balls!

In Doyle's parking lot

On the porch

Our MG hoola girl at Doyle's

My one and only mission this day was to find a  "Welcome to Murphy" sign that we could use for our photo op to record our being in Murphy in the MG. The one sign we found when we arrived in Murphy was a stone sign at a busy red light intersection so it was not safe enough to get pictures.  After lunch, we learned of a welcome center in Doyle and decided we would drive there.  But it was not a welcome to Murphy - it was a welcome to Cherokee County, NC.  Not exactly proof of being in Murphy.  Georgia said she saw a welcome to Murphy park sign on the road to the welcome center but not sure if the sign would do the proper recording of being in Murphy.  And then we looked across the street and saw a sign that said Town of Murphy and the sign was in a parking lot and it would be a safe location for a photo op.  So we shot across the busy 5 lane road and pulled each MG into place under the sign and I took a picture.  Great!  Here is Ron in the MGB under the Town of Murphy sign that just happens to be attached to the ABC Store sign!!!  Whatever, it serves the purpose.

Then we formed up again and drove to Franklin where we stopped at a gas station.  As we were pulling out of the gas station, another of our NCMGCC club members pulled into our line.  Nelson and Sally were on their way to Dillard and now we were 10 British cars heading to Dillard.  We arrived in Dillard just before 4pm.  We registered for MG2012 and then checked into our respective hotels.  Just after we checked in we saw Vicki & Freddy and Kimi, Paul & Jordan.  Our daughter and granddaughter are also on their way to Dillard.  They arrived about 2 hrs later.  Jenn and Gracie will be with us until Friday.  And then there were lots of greetings with other MG owners that we know from other MG events.

STATS:  Drove 172 miles Day #3.
SPECIAL THANKS TO:   Georgia and Trip for noticing the Town of Murphy sign across the street so that we could complete our mission without having to drive all over town to find a sign!