Start Day 1
Talihina, OK - 30 May 09
Rich Mountain
at 68kmMena
at 84kmPerry
at 259kmConway
at 302kmBeebe
at 360kmEnd Of Day 1
at 391kmSaturday, 30 May 09
Mark's place - I figure we can stay the first night here. It's only 243 miles from Talihina, but would allow us to hook up with Mark and do some planning. Alternately, we could go on to the Memphis area and camp. Mike indicated an interest in seeing some sites around Memphis.
Marion
at 537kmEntering Tennessee
Memphis
at 555kmMike indicated an interest in seeing some sites around Memphis. There's the Memphis-Graceland RV Park at the end of Lonely Street behind the Heartbreak Hotel (no kiddin'!) where my family and I stayed on a road trip a few years ago. Not a bad place, but in town and close to Graceland. Memphis is 345 miles from Talihina, which is doable in one day if we don't piddle too long at Mark's place.
Oakland
at 611kmHenderson
at 700kmLewisburg
at 912kmLynchburg
at 964kmWinchester
at 998kmDunlap
at 1091kmSoddy-Daisy
at 1117kmMight be a place to bed down for the 2nd or 3rd night here. This is about 350 miles from Memphis. There is an RV Park called Camp Columbus a few miles to the SSE of here.
Dayton
at 1150kmLots of campgrounds in Dayton. This is about 410 miles from Memphis, and may be a better place to camp if we can make the miles.
Athens
at 1196kmRobbinsville
at 1333kmThis is our basecamp for a couple days while we're riding the Smokies. Cherohala Skyway runs west out of Robbinsville to Tellico Plains.
Cherohala Skyway
at 1338kmThis is the Cherohala Skyway
Notchy Creek
at 1425kmMadisonville
at 1428kmWe can head south from here to the Cherohala Skyway, then west to Robbinsville.