[AT] anybody close to this?

[charlie hill]

Hi Al,

Here is what a friend of mine in the Boone area says:

About the only other decent pass through the mountains is to come up through 
where I live...from Morganton into Newland and on over to Johnson City and 
hit I-81 or take the "southern route" and go to Spartanburg and catch I-26 
which is now 4 lane interstate all the way to Johnson City.  Either route 
compared to 40 is longer and out of the way if he is trying to get to 
Nashville.  I reckon folks fear the French Broad gorge from Waynesville down 
to Newport.  As far as I know it is open currently.  I haven't heard of any 
slides lately.  They are always working on it though so I figure there will 
be plenty of lane shifts and road construction.  It's really not as bad as 
folks make it out to be.

Now this is my take on it.  I agree with what he says and I have one 
addition.    Go up to the Winston Salem area and take I-77 (?) north through 
Fancy Gap Va. (beautiful scenery) then catch I-81 back south to the Bristol 
VA/TN area.  That will put you in the far NE corner of TN and from there you 
can choose from various routes to get around the state.  Actually I went to 
Nashville a few years ago.  I went on I-40 and came back via I -40 to I-81 
in TN and then I-77 back to I-40 at Greensboro/Winston Salem.  I couldn't 
tell much difference in time or mileage but I wasn't really keeping track. 
The interstate through Fancy Gap is fairly steep but not near as bad as 
Black Mountain on I 40 in my opinion and it's a much newer highway.

>From where you live the Spartansburg route  isn't a bad idea.  Run down I 95 
to I 20 to I 26.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Al Jones" <aljones at ncfreedom.net>
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> Charlie, Is there a "better" way to get to TN from NC than I-40?  I am
> hoping to take a trip towards Nashville this summer for the IH
> Collector's Red Power Roundup and I may be pulling a trailer.
>
> Al
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of charlie hill
> Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 7:45 PM
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> I didn't know about Arkansas (that is one of a the few eastern US states
> I
> haven't been in).  I do know that the truckers don't much like going the
> the
> NC/TN mountain passes on I-40 but I figured that wasn't the only reason.
>
> Charlie
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Larry D. Goss" <rlgoss at evansville.net>
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>
>> Anyone who has driven I-40 across Arkansas knows why all the truckers
>> avoid it.  I hear they're actually in the process of redoing the
> stretch
>> from Memphis to Little Rock to get rid of the problems.
>>
>> Larry
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
>> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of charlie
> hill
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 4:32 PM
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>> Hi Al,  I was thinking of going to Oklahoma once.   I found out there
> is
>> no
>> way to get to Oklahoma from NC without going somewhere else first.
>> grins.
>> I think Nebraska might even be harder to get to.
>>
>> Yes I know I-40 runs from here to Oklahoma but for some reason none of
>> the
>> truckers go that way.  They all down to I-20 and over into Texas and
>> then
>> north.  Besides I was thinking of flying and man was that a nightmare.
>>
>> Charlie
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Al Jones" <aljones at ncfreedom.net>
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>> Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 4:25 PM
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>>
>>> Now I would love to have that.  Been lusting after one for a long
> time
>>> and it has a hoist too!!! Long way from Nebraska to NC..........
>>>
>>> Al
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
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>>> [mailto:at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of Ricky
>>> Prescott
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>>>
>>
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>>>
>>> Thanks, Ricky
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