I have made the trip to the Smokies maybe 50 times in my life and i dont care what anyone says doing it at night is the best way to go. Plus no offence to the bubbys ive made the trip with before but id rather no take part in a caravan, you will never make good time. Someones late, or having a problem, or gotta poop, or smoke, you stop for gas because you need it but somone else says they dont then 30 miles later they need to stop. In othere words say for example you wanna leave at 8 and get there at 3 that turns into 10 & 5 then noon &7. My crew has agreed to traveling at night, less traffic, less cops, more travel cushion. If they are willing to sleep im willing to drive, sounds like a good trade off to me. So if the weather is looking nice down there for thursday(so we get a extra days riding in) i think im going to be picking up the 2 bubbys in c-bus around midnight on wednesday night(with stops and hitting the grochery store on the way in i figure on unloading and riding by 9 or 10 am). if it looks like rain down there thursday we will move it back to mid morning thurs(no point getting there ealry to watch the rain drops).