Atlanta Caravan to 2010 DGRRX

[ROTORX7Holly]

I had lunch today with Phil and some of the Atlanta rotorheads. The Atlanta caravan will be leaving Friday morning, April 16th, 2010, as some of us will be volunteering and need to be up there before the afternoon. The meeting spot will be at the Wal-Mart parking lot at Exit 4 off of I-985N at 8:30AM. I would like to leave the north end of Atlanta around 9:00AM. So get all your supplies in the car and be ready to roll by then. One important communication item is a 2-way radio, set on channel 7, as there is minimal to no cell coverage up in the mountains. Chevron Gas station is right there also. Map link here: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&sour...,0.023518&z=16

Caravaning are:
ROTORX7Holly - Holly
Proxy One - Jeremy & Abigail
imazro_7 - Carlos and wife
RotoryPolo - Marco & Vance
ZGN - Kevin
daleclark - Dale & friend Phil
Estevan - Steve Crandall
notnauto - Kristy
papmagu - Simon
lwnslw - Joe
darthrotary - Ian & Sam
Rotarywall - Ed & Billy
9G Redline - Kevin & Cathy
Trexthe3rd - Mike

Planned Route: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&sour...=UTF8&t=h&z=16

I shouldn't have to write this here, but I have lots of experience caravaning and yes, we are all excited to get to our destination, but let's do it safely and be sure we don't leave anyone behind. We do not have to stay in the same line-up all the time, but keep the following in mind.

CARAVANING COURTESIES:
1. ALL vehicles, especially the 1st and last, should have a 2-way radio, set to channel 7. Double check communication before leaving the meeting spot.
2. The lead vehicle should have a passenger to help navigate.
3. The last vehicle should have a passenger or know where they are going.
4. All vehicles should never leave any other vehicle behind, at a stop light, etc. Slow down until the vehicle catches up, and communicate on 2-way to the group.
5. All vehicles should keep an eye on the vehicle behind them and slow down, if need be, that way we do not lose anyone.
6. If you need to pull over communicate via 2-way, or if it is an emergency, try to get the attention of vehicle in front of you and pull over, when they see you are missing, they will let everyone know to pull over and wait. Then we can decide if all need to come back to you, or just wait at another spot.

In general keep count of everyone and the lead vehicle should be aware that all is accounted for by getting info from the last vehicle.