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Tennessee Fall Colors

Brian98579
I started this as a comment on another thread, but it got too long.
We're leaving on a road trip from Lacey, WA to Kingsport, TN, expecting to arrive Saturday, October 10.  What can we expect in the way of fall foliage?  I just turned 80, so we're taking a little more time, expecting about 525 miles per day, and taking a more southerly route to hopefully avoid any early bad weather.  Fortunately, my driving ability has has not deteriorated appreciably (though I have some trouble walking any distance).  This will probably be our last chance to travel to see two of our grand  daughters,  and our great-grandkids.  I could not see myself enduring Sea-Tac airport and some hub airport on the way, not to mention being scrunched up in a tiny seat for 4 hours at a time.  Driving just seemed a much more pleasant option.
One grand daughter just bought a new home, and her husband is a new hire at the Bristol PD, just completed the academy, and is now on his field training. 
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  • mark christian
    I'm not sure how this ended up in the FAQ subforum, but I think that GD is better suited for travel advice.
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  • bustedknee
    We have driven cross-country several times and the problem for me is no matter which route we take THERE IS SO MUCH GREAT STUFF TO STOP AND EXPERIENCE it takes forever!
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  • KenK/84Bravo

    From Bristol make sure you take 421S over the Mountain into Shady Valley and on down into Mtn. City, TN. The road is called "The Snake." One of the roads in this Country not to be missed. When you get in the curves go slow. Some of the curves are no joke. Fantastic scenery.

    You'll want to turn around and go back the same way. Different views phenominal Scenery.


    Blue Ridge Parkway over in and around Boone, NC. also not to be missed.

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  • KenK/84Bravo

    Me, Butchdog2, Cling2myguns and Thunderbolt all live in this area. (As well a JimDeere.)

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  • jimdeere
    Ken, are you trying to get him lost? He’ll end up in some holler hearing banjo music.
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  • KenK/84Bravo

    Sshhhh.................................them city Boys is easy pickins' out here in the sticks.

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  • KenK/84Bravo

    You should be timing the colors Perfect Brian.

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  • allen griggs
    I am about 80 miles from Johnson City.   Fall foilage should be pretty good in a week from now.
    It is just getting cranked up here in Marshall NC.
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  • Butchdog2
    Never saw the color come on this fast up here in the hills.
    Almost see the change day by day, seems a bit early compared to the last several years.
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  • KenK/84Bravo

    I agree Butchdog2, seems like an early fall.

    I posted about Maple leaves dropping about 3 weeks ago. (+)

    Lot's of rain last couple weeks, should be a really good color year/fall.

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  • bustedknee

    KenK,

    I was driving those curves one time when my wife yelled at me to "Back off!" the vehicle in from of me.

    I realized it was the same make and model as my car. Even the same color!

    The I realized it had the same license plate number!

    Those curves are so tight I was tailgating myself!!!!!!!!!!

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  • Tcatt
    bustedknee said:

    KenK,

    I was driving those curves one time when my wife yelled at me to "Back off!" the vehicle in from of me.

    I realized it was the same make and model as my car. Even the same color!

    The I realized it had the same license plate number!

    Those curves are so tight I was tailgating myself!!!!!!!!!!


    You can have the same experience on the "Dragon's Tail", US 129 from Chilhowee Lake, TN to Deals Gap, NC.
    Your passengers will get car sick just looking at it on a map.
    Leaves are already turning and falling around us here South of Knoxville; I believe the colors are going to be spectacular
    The 10th of OCTOBER should be around "peak".
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  • Cling2myguns
    I just got back from a road trip back to Iowa, took US25 out of Morristown to the Cumberland Gap. Going back to that area next weekend as the leaves should be changing and that road and area up around where TN, VA, and KY meet is absolutely gorgeous. Otherwise just about anywhere along the TN/NC border is amazing. Roan Mountain, The Snake, Blue Ridge Parkway, I26 to Asheville.
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  • Toolman286
    If you take 441 from Gatlinburg to Cherokee, you will turn yourself around. Go slow on any of them & enjoy.
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