Tuesday I went for a ride in South Knox and North Blount Counties. I call it the Egyptian route because I start just around the corner from King Tut’s Grill in downtown Vestal. (Route map posted below.)
It was a beautiful October afternoon/evening for a ride: sunny, a temperature near 80F, light winds. The leaves were just starting to change colors.
The only drawback was that the setting sun made it difficult to get any good pictures facing westward.
I’ve ridden this route probably a dozen times or more, but surprisingly it had been several months since the last time. Not much has changed though, other than the rough roads having few more potholes.
Scenes along the route:
Road construction on Tipton Station Road
Pickens Gap Road
I.C. King Road
Animals at Brookhaven Retreat
Nails Creek Road
Martin Mill Pike
Self portrait
Tarklin Valley Road
Someone’s day just got worse on Governor John Sevier Highway.
Ride stats
Distance: 35 miles
Time: 2:08
Mmm…King Tut’s.
I like that area. We looked at some property on McCammon, if you went straight instead of turning northward on Martin Mill. We had looked at several other places on Stock Creek Road too.