Blogs from Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States, North America

What has happened to America's highways? Maybe I grew accustomed to traveling along the same road for the past year with only a smattering of traffic and the typical amount of road work that one expects over a year's time. But today, I discovered a new kind of hell and it was one of the reasons I hesitated to take a road trip this week to begin with. Let me start out by saying that I have driven this route multiple times and have never encountered the absolute lack of concern for those of us trying to get from point A to point B. Throughout much of a well-known corridor in my traveling experience, the main culprits today were Atlanta, Chattanooga, and Nashville. I would normally recommend avoiding the corridor on I-24 between Nashville and Chattanooga ... read more

Today was destined to be a busy day. With Memorial Day weekend behind us, everyone, but us of course, was back to work and the world was resuming its normal course of events. Again, no big rush to get out of here this morning, as the first item on the agenda was to head over to Southern Powersports and see about replacing the rear tire. We pumped up the tire and hit the road at about 8:30 as the dealer was only about 6 miles away. Southern Powersports turned out to be one of the largest Honda dealers in the southeast. They had lots of Goldwings and even do trike conversions on-site. When the service guy arrived at 9:00, I told him the problem and told me he had the tire in stock and would get ... read more

Premièrement il faut descendre au chaud, nous traversons l'état de New-York, Pensylvanie, West Virginia, Virginia et Tennessee. Notre premier camping se trouve en entrant au Tennesse le 'Rocky Top campground' et le suivant est en sortant du Tennesse à Chattanooga,(mais sans internet) et on visitera un peu la ville. A+... read more

I made a leisurely departure from River Country Campground in Gadsden AL on June 15, 2016 as the drive to Holiday Travel Park in Chattanooga TN was only about 90 miles and 1 ½ hours. That’s less than I usually target, but these days I prefer less rather than more – “shot six times by a .44, no Les, no more.” That epitaph is on the tombstone of Lester Moore in, where else, Tombstone AZ. I had heard about a hootenanny in Chattanooga and was looking forward to it with mixed emotions. First, the traffic and parking is usually an enormous hassle. Second, they usually are a lot of fun once the walk through the entry gate is accomplished. Over ninety bands were slated for the Chattanooga Riverbend Music Festivalf from Friday, June 10 through Saturday, ... read more

Bonjour à tous, Hier au soir j'ai pris du temps pour bien préparrer ma route pour aujoud'hui. Tout est bordé, aux petits oignons. Les numéros de route, les points d'intérêts. Ce devrait être une belle journée de montagne dans les Appalaches, ou Appalachian Mountains. Les Appalaches sont une chaîne de montagnes qui s'étendent de Terre Neuve au Canada au nord, jusqu'en Alabama au sud, sur 2400 km, avec le Mont Mitchell pour point culminant, 2037 m, en Caroline du Nord. Au Québec ce sont les Monts Chic-Chocs, en Gaspésie, que j'ai eu l'occasion de parcourir en motoneige. Une grande partie de ces montagnes sont classées en Parc nationaux, aux US comme au Canada. Je quitte Knoxville vers 8h30, un bout d'autoroute, 40 km, pour sortir de la ville et direction Sevierville et Pigeon Forge (drôle de ... read more