Moonshine's Lap 'Round The White Lightning Trail: Stage Ⅰ
Decided to play it close to "home" for the first stage...
Started the trip odometer at Piedmont Elementary school, where Dumplin Valley Road and 25W/70 come together. That's my official "Start/Finish" line of the route. From there we scoot east on 25W/70 into Dandridge, then take the south turn through Downtown Dandridge on Route 92/Gay Street past the Old Court House (see the Pants, Gray entry and the Court House Museum Weapons entry) across the Hoskins & Jarnigan Bridge and up/down/every which way towards Chestnut Hill.
Chestnut Hill is home to an enormous packing plant for the Bush company. They now have a Visitor Center with a Museum, an eatery (who wants to bet there are baked beans on the menu?) a small theater and other goodies. But I just stopped to get this picture:
From Chestnut Hill the route goes East on US 411 towards Newport. It reconnects with 25W/70 at the Newport City Limit and continues to meet 25E after passing the Cocke County Fairgrounds. Unfortunately, there isn't very much that's particularly picturesque on this side of Newport...for that a visitor is better off looking at Downtown a few miles further East.
We take the left turn at Newport and take 25E North to re-cross the French Broad River and re-enter Jefferson County at Baneberry, and then track further North to White Pine:
(See also the Pants, Black entry.) This is were we end Stage Ⅰ. Distance: 35.0 Miles. Stage Ⅱ will be (if all goes well) Saturday.
FP
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Started the trip odometer at Piedmont Elementary school, where Dumplin Valley Road and 25W/70 come together. That's my official "Start/Finish" line of the route. From there we scoot east on 25W/70 into Dandridge, then take the south turn through Downtown Dandridge on Route 92/Gay Street past the Old Court House (see the Pants, Gray entry and the Court House Museum Weapons entry) across the Hoskins & Jarnigan Bridge and up/down/every which way towards Chestnut Hill.
Chestnut Hill is home to an enormous packing plant for the Bush company. They now have a Visitor Center with a Museum, an eatery (who wants to bet there are baked beans on the menu?) a small theater and other goodies. But I just stopped to get this picture:
From Chestnut Hill the route goes East on US 411 towards Newport. It reconnects with 25W/70 at the Newport City Limit and continues to meet 25E after passing the Cocke County Fairgrounds. Unfortunately, there isn't very much that's particularly picturesque on this side of Newport...for that a visitor is better off looking at Downtown a few miles further East.
We take the left turn at Newport and take 25E North to re-cross the French Broad River and re-enter Jefferson County at Baneberry, and then track further North to White Pine:
(See also the Pants, Black entry.) This is were we end Stage Ⅰ. Distance: 35.0 Miles. Stage Ⅱ will be (if all goes well) Saturday.
FP
PS: New blogger trixy28 has just Friended me! Welcome! Everybody, say "Hi" to her, please?