Tail of the Dragon

Recently found out about this famous North Carolina attraction: the Tail of the Dragon which is located on the NC/TN border northwest of Robbinsville, NC. My coworkers told me about it over lunch last week. It's claim to fame: 318 curves in 11 miles!

The Google Maps snapshot below shows the section of the US 129 named the Tail of the Dragon. It's a right of passage of sorts for motorcyclists and sports cars. I'd vomit. I once had to go through 26 miles of a curvy road nearby to Cairns, Australia, and I clutched my stomach from about 5 minutes into it.