October 3, 2024....DAY ONE
Well......This hurricane didn't seem to care one damn bit that we had this ride scheduled for months........
Maybe it will stay East of us, cause we are going to the mountains anyway.....
I called the campground and they said Stinking Creek was up a little but most of the hurricane missed them.
Looks to me like it might hit Old Stinking Creek anyway.
Oh, what the hell. Let's go see for ourselves.
What could possibly go wrong!
Loaded and Ready.....
Firewood and all.....
MAMA and ANNIE said no thanks....maybe next time.
Made it down to Pioneer, Tenn. and looks good.
Got'er backed into a really cool spot with Stinking Creek behind me. And no, the creek don't stink.
Quite a story goes along with that name. Google it sometime.
One of many creeks we will be crossing on today's ride.
Heading over to the Bologna Store.
And some of the caves, overhangs, ledges, overlooks, etc. we will be passing by today.
So many picture perfect opportunities, too many to capture. Use your imagination....
Speaking of overhangs.....Here is one of our favorites over in the Royal Blue Section of trails.
Great opportunity to stretch our legs and let the boys out to play.
And Rocky (Pappy) took this one up to the ledge.
These boys had a big time out here in the woods.
More Boy action coming....
Time to get going....got a lot of miles to cover before we get our Bologna Sandwich.....
Old coal train bridge and another creek crossing..
Lots of remnants of the coal industry in the hills.
Some interesting stuff is found while walking off-trail.
This spot of trail held us up for several minutes..
Looks like any other dirt road but it is off-camber to the point of turning over if your tires slid over the bank.
This wash out is over 4 feet deep...
Video to follow...hopefully
But once past the wash out the views are breath taking.
Beautiful day to boot....
And occasionally we stop to take a few more pictures.
Another scheduled pee-stop...
It' about to get a bit swampy...
Will we ever get that Bologna Sandwich????
We finally made it to the Bologna Store...
yum...yum...
Thick sliced, warmed in a mini-oven....Slap on a big slice of tomato....little pepper....cheese...and you have a Tennessee Country Steak Sandwich.
And a huge variety of ice cream in the chest freezer to choose from for desert.
And when the kids are happy....
Mama's happy..
Hanson even found an airplane to ride while he was here.
How many country stores have a supply of toys and a tv playing old Andy Griffin movies for the kids.???
That's country living in Tennessee
That's about it for today...arriving back at camp for steaks on the grill and Jack Daniels by the fire.
Does it get any better than this?
STAY TUNED FOR ............................
DAY TWO AND THREE COMING SOON........LOTS MORE "LITTLE BOY" ACTION
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