Well, I'm in East TN also, and Deal's Gap would be a cool place to meet. I'm counting on my car as a daily driver, so I don't think I'd really want to take it off-roading. It's been a big enough nuisance having to do without it while I've been working on it the last few weeks...
Running down the tail of the Dragon would be fun, and probably I wouldn't need a tow back.