1931 Model A Truck - On the Road

3047 miles in 9 days - Driving the driver's roads on the East Coast

The Dragon
Within 4 consecutive days we did all of the following roads:
  • Skyline Drive (105 miles)
  • Blue Ridge Parkway (469 miles)
  • Mount Mitchell SP (6,684 feet)
  • Great Smokey Mountains National Park
  • Foothills Parkway
  • The Dragon (US 129)
  • Cherohala Skyway
  • Natchez Trace Parkway (444 miles)
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  • Day 1 - (217m) - NJ to Front Royal VA
    Day 2 - (258m) - Skyline Drive and 1/3 of Blue Ridge Parkway
    Day 3 - (279m) - Blue Ridge Parkway and Mount Mitchell
    Day 4 - (469m) - Remainder of Blue Ridge Parkway, Great Smokey Mountains National Park, Foothills Parkway, The Dragon, and Cherohala Skyway
    Day 5 - (492m) - Natchez Trace Parkway to Louisianna
    Day 6 - (318m) - Southern Mississippi and US-11 to Tuscaloosa, AL
    Day 7 - (332m) - US-11 to Knoxville
    Day 8 - (284m) - US-11 to Roanoke area
    Day 9 - (424m) - US-11 to Chambersburg, PA, then east through Gettysburg and York and return to NJ

    TOTAL: 3047 miles
    Avg Miles/Day: 342
    Avg MPG: 15.3
    26 stops for gas
    Avg 7.7 gal per stop
    These pictures are courtesy of John Kimball:
    blue ridge parkway model a 10

    blue ridge parkway model a 11

    click here for Day 1 - (217m) - NJ to Front Royal VA

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