Well, I can report that we all 3 made it back alive and safe!!
Bill, Langston, and myself met at Saturn of Bowie and 6:00. We all made our introductions and re-introductions and had a gander at some various going-ons that we each had with our cars. Before long it was time to hit tha road, and hit it we did indeed. No time was wasted once we were on our way and the convienence of the dealership being ON Gov. Bridge road made for a great way to kick off the evening. I led this first stint as we tore hell through the twisties and ran flat-out on the straight, quickly turning the heads of some brave souls walking the opposite direction and all of the fisherman at the bridge.
We had a great, clean run with no traffic on that first leg and only got the cars 'slightly' sideways on a few monstrous curves.
Onward we sped, coursing through the rest of Gov. Bridge Rd., with our hair on fire and grins on our faces, and up Beard's Creek Rd to 214. We crossed over and headed down Brick Church Rd. Much to our dismay, this twisted little piece of gold placed a 2-car crawl in front of us. Never-the-less, it was a nice bendy drive and we took Solomon's Island Rd (rte.2) to the back end of 424. We just leisurely followed 424, past the MSP speed trap (yikes) and then Bill took over the lead and took us on a nice, and again twisty, ride through the woods down Rutland Rd that interesected us with rte. 450. We casually (lots of cars) meandered our way until we came to Annapolis and then headed left towards Crownsville on General's Highway.
Bill then stated that we were headed for, as he called it, "The twistiest road I've ever been on". Rest assured, it did NOT disappoint! We dipped into what looked like a harmless, ritzy, wooded area and were immediately greeted by a dropping right-then-left hander that gave a glimpse of things to come. We then made a sharp right onto a road I did not have time to catch the name of (ask Bill??) that was an absolute gem!!! Wow, this road was VERY tight and delightfully twisty. We had a clean run nearly all the way down and ran through all of the shoulderless bends like 3 bats out of hell. WHEW, what a ride!!! (THANX BILL!!!!!) The lanes were quite narrow and had nothing outside the white lines but trees and a few scary-looking ditches. It was a pretty technical section and I think we all pushed pretty hard though it. I think our saving grace was that Bill was leading the way and couldn't really push his brand new engine, consequently keeping Langston and I to a reasonable and safe speed. I think if I had still been in the lead, it could have gotten rediculous.
When we finally emerged from this beast, it was time for a cool-down and an investigation into the smoke coming from Bill's engine(thankfully, just spilled oil by the dealership onto the head) so we drove into Annapolis and parked for a breather. We checked out our various engines and discussed how you would setup nitrous on the V-6 (ouch!!!) and took a gander at Langston's glowing exhaust manifold (this guy drives the hell out of that little SL2!!, mad props man!).
After deciding against a burn-out video in the middle of the McDonald's parking lot
, we stopped for fuel and head out on rte. 50 back towards Crofton to test for top-speeds on the open road. Langston and I proceeded to just get silly, flying wide-open up 50, until better-judgement intervened and we slowed up to wait for Bill and make our exit. We jumped off on 424 and then right onto 450 again. We decided to run St. Stephen's Church Rd. back towards Crofton and interesect Underwood Rd. Whew!! We had a great little run up St. Stephen's (even if I did miss our turn to Underwood) through some great curves with, again, no shoulders for forgiveness. We finished up our little jaunt with a VERY spirited whip up Underwood Rd. I suppose the rising right-hander that broke my rear-end loose and sent me power-sliding at a ludacrous speed and sent my stomach into my throat was a pretty big bang to end the night on. Thankfully, with a little finesse, the L stepped back in line after a bit and shot me out of the slide like a bullet. That little scare got my foot off the gas and eventually the 2 road-rippin SL2's re-appeared in my rearview mirror. With that, we sauntered up the road about a half mile and pulled into my court. We all said our pleasant and ****-eatin'-grinned goodbyes and stated our enthusiasm and fears for next Friday.
Overall I would have to say that we had an outstanding evening and logged some very serious driving. Many thanx to these 2 good guys that agreed to this little trip and I look forward to driving with both of them again, anytime they want. It was truly a joy. They are both VERY gracious and sensible drivers and talented at that (Langston's rippin' on stock suspension and an auto-trans is quite impressive, great driving!)
I think we have put together a little jaunt that should definitely be sastisfactory to the masses next Friday night. And on that note I need to say this:
If you are coming next week,
PLEASE LEAVE YOUR BRAVADO AT HOME!!!!!
Some of these roads were VERY tricky and could potentially be extremely dangerous with that many cars driving together on them. Anyone with visions of passing or riding side-by-side on this excursion, please safe us all the misery of calling an ambulance for you and stay home. Most of these roads have NO shoulder and when we ride next week, they will all be very dark. This will not be a suicide mission or a black mark on the reputation, credibility, and safety record of our club. We all want to go out and have a great time and tear ass down some truly great roads. But, if you can not be sensible and most of all SAFE, please do not bother.
P.S. If you have things that slide around when you corner hard, take them out and leave them home.
I apologize for the length of the post, but I did not feel that the great ride we had could be adequately sumarized with "It was fun, we went fast". It was a great experience and it deserved every word of it.
Happy Motoring,
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