Prototype of a track made on I-Pad with Navionics Charts software.
Each leg will be posted for anyone interested in following along our journey.
Hopefully, much easier than trying to use Google Earth....we'll see.
Maybe even showing total track so far posted together on one picture to the right of the current Blog Post.
For now just check out some of the pics in the "Featured Post" next to this shot. This section will highlight some interesting past posts. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>
It looks like Lonnie Spurling picked a beautiful day to invite "Chafton and Friends" over to his neck of the woods for some off-roading through the most beautiful scenery in the Kentucky-Tennessee hills.
Stopping off at our first point of interest at the "Old Hippie Cabin".
Built in the early 70's by some hippies from California. They constructed three cabins and a bathhouse with Pot as their primary crop.
The hippies were totally self-sufficient and lived in the backwoods where they avoided the Feds and Local Officers for several years. It now takes an off-road vehicle to get there but in their day they used a VW bus.
Lonnie is leading us thru more of these "Outlaw Trails"....none are marked (except for an occasional Posted sign)..
The locals know the trails well and ride them often. I think the signs are just a CYA notice to prevent law suits if someone gets hurt. The property is owned by logging companies.
Here we approach another rock bluff as we head up to the infamous "Table Top Rock".
Looks like Cathy is the only one brave enough to climb up on Table Top. These are unique rock formations at the edge of a 300 ft high rock cliff. The rock is shaped like a Ruffles Potato Chip.
Directly behind Cathy is a straight down 300 ft. drop. Easy does it Cathy.
Another neat spot at Table Top Rock is the Picture Frame....If you're game enough to slither out there you can get a very unique shot.
Notice there is NO path to the hole in the rock, just a precarious rock formation. A person needs to be part snake just to get to it.
If you slip, well, let's just say it would probably be your last Photo.
We chose to just park the RZR on the mountain top for our pose.
Annie really wasn't into rock climbing....
After a lengthy ride down to Pickett State Forest in Tennessee we stopped at Blue Lake for lunch.
Here Lonnie is telling more stories of the local lore.
Lonnie is "One Fine Feller".....they just don't come any nicer than this guy. He loves to ride these hills and enjoys showing the special spots to folks like us.
We would have never found some of these places without his knowledge and skills.
Lunch is always good on the trail, but even better when the weather cooperates.
We had low humidity, blue skies, not too hot and just the right amount of mud and dust to satisfy our off roading desires.
Looking forward to our next adventure at Windrock Park...The annual RZR Jam..Should be a lot of fun camping and riding.
This next stop was our favorite "Scenic Overlook"...The whole gang lined up for Lonnie to snap our picture with this beautiful rock bluff behind us. There are several of these Rock Beauties that can be seen from this point as we look South over a vast area of Tennessee.
With Alison screaming for dear life Jimmy tries to make it up the "Impossible Rut"....Lonnie knew what would happen and was ready with the camera.
No harm done, the RZR just leans against the mud bank and the left wheel points to the sky.
The boy will try anything.......guess he gets it honest.
Another great outing with my soul-mate....Christine keeps saying 70 is just too old to be doing this stuff..
I keep telling her to just hang on and enjoy the ride. She does great..........
We look forward to many, many more adventures on land and sea.
Follow along and I will try to keep you up to date.
Now I will try to post some videos from the GoPro but don't fuss if I screw it up..
Jimmy takes on this steep, slippery rock face we now call the "Big Monti".....The video does not do this slope justice. It is much steeper than it looks, almost enough to go "nose over" on the way down.
Well it's time to load um' up and head back to Bowling Green. But first Lonnie leads us down to the Hillbilly Car Wash to clean up the RZR's a little. We couldn't resist so we stayed and played in the creek for quite a while.
