TN7
TN7 Hop 6: Walland TN to Charlotte NC
244 miles via US 411, TN 338, TN 66, I-40, I-26, US 74, I-85, I-485 (southwest of Charlotte) and I-77 with a midway refueling stop in Hendersonville NC. Cumulative tow miles: 1055. Truck miles: 331. Cumulative truck miles: 1508. The additional truck miles were due to my sightseeing trip to Pigeon Forge and my two … Continue reading
Not looking forward to tomorrow
Hop 6 tomorrow will likely be the most difficult of the TN7 – over the Smoky Mountains, which will be a tough haul for the truck. And 233 miles which, given the mountainous terrain, may exceed the range of the truck. So I may have to do a refueling stop in a gas station (I … Continue reading
TN7 Hop 5: Ringgold GA to Walland TN
118 miles via I-75, TN 68, US 411 and US 321. Cumulative tow miles: 811. Truck miles: 298. Cumulative truck miles: 1177. The extra truck miles were due to the trip to Blue Ridge and my tour of the Chickamauga battlefield. Finally, I am off of I-75. I chose to use the TN 68 exit, … Continue reading
Chickamauga Battlefield, second visit
The main reason for picking Chattanooga as a destination – less than 80 miles from Cartersville GA – was to take a second look at the Chickamauga battlefield. On my first visit I split my day between Chickamauga and Lookout Mountain. My impression of Chickamauga was… HUGE. It is a very large battlefield. I felt … Continue reading
Battle of Allatoona Pass
As I mentioned in the previous post, the railroad track ran very close to my RV site at Allatoona Landing Marine Resort. The upside of that proximity is that it put me very close to the site of the Civil War’s Battle of Allatoona Pass, a battle fought for control of that railroad line. The … Continue reading
TN7 Hop 4: Cartersville GA to Ringgold GA
78 miles almost entirely on I-75. Cumulative tow miles: 793. Truck miles: 188. Cumulative truck miles: 879. The extra truck miles were due to my shopping trip which included the Booth Museum of Western Art and a sightseeing trip into Atlanta. This was a short trip – just over an hour – but it was … Continue reading
Booth Western Art Museum
I did some food shopping yesterday in Cartersville GA and happened to drive by the Booth Western Art Museum. It looked impressive, somewhat reminiscent, in location (a small town) and architecture, of the Clark Art Institute in Williamstown MA. But also reminiscent, in terms of the subject matter, of the National Cowboy Museum in Oklahoma … Continue reading
TN7 Hop 3: Tifton GA to Cartersville GA
220 miles almost exclusively via I-75 and I-475 around Macon. Cumulative tow miles: 615. Truck miles: 228. Cumulative truck miles: 691. The extra truck miles were to refuel. Another easy hop in terms of navigation – get on I-75, drive 220 miles (with a few miles on I-475), get off, go a couple of miles … Continue reading
TN7 Hop 2 – Wildwood FL to Tifton GA
203 miles, almost all on I-75. Cumulative tow miles: 395. Truck miles: 271. Cumlative truck miles: 463. The extra truck miles were due to the trip to Ocala to have dinner with my son. This hop was about as simple as it gets: get on I-75 (the entrance ramp was less than a quarter mile … Continue reading
TN7 Hop 1 – Ft Myers FL to Wildwood FL
192 miles almost entirely on I-75. Truck miles: 192. Much to my surprise, I exited my Florida home site exactly as planned – 11am Sunday April 11. As always, I held my breath for the first 20 miles, hoping that the GMC would not throw a shoe. It didn’t. Rusty and I made it to … Continue reading