So when I was 24 or so I moved from Raleigh, NC to Huntsville, AL. I told some folks before the trip about my moronic move to take my 20something foot Ryder truck, with brand new taurus in tow (making my vessel all of 30 plus feet) thru the mountains. Deciding that a more "direct" route was appropriate and faster. Well it turned out to be a white knuckle adventure and today, today I got to relive that trip.
The "old copper rd" is highway 64/74 which runs thru the mountains of NC and TN and is right along the ocoee river. It's called the old copper road because it was used to bring down copper ore off the mountain. Here's more: http://www.telliquah.com/History2.htm So if you've ever been on a road that is one side river, with world class white water rapids, and the other side sheer walls of rock, straight up for hundreds of feet, then you've been on a road like this and you've probably been amazed. It's half trying to see the sights, half not being scared you'll hit something. It's such tight quarter. We made it thru and Tracey absolutely loved riding the switchback turns. ;)
As we made our way from Ducktown, TN on the old copper road we came up on the Ocoee Whitewater Center. It's man made and flat out incredible. The whole thing was built for the Olympics and water flow is controllable. So today wasn't a kayaking day I guess and we lucked out and were able to play down in the riverbed...and yes, I did almost fall, slipped right on a submerged rock....and Grey saw his dad almost go down...and almost lose the camera! Beauty!
And then it thundered and we loaded back up in the RV and hit the road...our ten minutes of fun was over.
More on the OWC as the locals call it... http://www.fs.fed.us/r8/ocoee/
Another good day of travelling...and we did get to Racoon Mountain....just in time for some rain.
http://www.raccoonmountain.com/
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