US 129 Tail of the Dragon

Señora and I recently returned from a week’s long road trip. First we  went  to Kentucky to visit my Aunt Betty, then to Asheville to visit the Biltmore and to spend the following day cruising around the Great Smokey Mountains.  On the way back, we stopped in Lebanon, TN just outside Nashville to visit my Aunt Jackie.  Both ladies have some physical health issues, but both are still very mentally sharp.  I hope I get those Rush genes rather than the Carr genes.  Five of the eight Carr sisters ended up with dementia.

I knew we would be tired after a day in the mountains, so I wanted to find a hotel just west of them rather than drive an extra two or three hours to Nashville.  I started looking in Knoxville. Because there was Continue reading “US 129 Tail of the Dragon”