|
Leave
a bit later at 8.00 a.m. as we have a lunch appointment
with Gary Lownsdale, President of the Austin Healey Club
of America.
Head off on Rt. 96. Farms to die for. Fencing must be cheaper
in the U.S.A. than the U.K. or farming doing better. Miles
of beautiful post and rails. Heavily wooded low hills
interspersed with jigsaw puzzle shapes of fields.
We choose Rt. 70 marked as a scenic highway. Unfortunately
this coincides with it being upgraded to a four lane highway.
A huge car dump mars the scenic aspect. At the rate we are
travelling our lunch appointment is looking more like tea.
We abandon Rt.70 and get onto I 40 again. and arrive only
20 minutes late at Ruby Tuesday's restaurant famed for its
fish dishes.
An afternoon treat is a drive though Deal's gap on the famous
Dragon run, 318 curves in 11 miles. This adds us another
State as we dip into North Carolina. We survive the Dragon
Run and get the T-shirt. Passed one poor motor cyclist who
hadn't, missed a turn and crashed his cycle, but fortunately
lived to tell the tale.
Dragon Run
|
Gatlingburg
|
Back
into Tennessee and through Cherokee Village. Pass signs
selling Peter's pancakes!. Back over the Smoky Mountains
( yes, correct spelling) and down into Gatlingburg, very
touristy ski or white water rafting resort.
Next
Return to despatches
|
