{"id":2428,"date":"2010-10-13T10:51:16","date_gmt":"2010-10-13T14:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brianarner.com\/weblog\/wordpress\/2010\/10\/south_knoxnorth\/"},"modified":"2010-10-13T10:51:16","modified_gmt":"2010-10-13T14:51:16","slug":"south_knoxnorth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.brianarner.com\/weblog\/2010\/10\/south_knoxnorth\/","title":{"rendered":"South Knox\/North Blount County Egyptian Photo Ride Report"},"content":{"rendered":"

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.)
\nIt was a beautiful October afternoon\/evening for a ride: sunny, a temperature near 80F, light winds. The leaves were just starting to change colors.
\nThe only drawback was that the setting sun made it difficult to get any good pictures facing westward.
\nI’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.
\nScenes along the route:
\n\"Construction\"\/
\nRoad construction on Tipton Station Road
\n\"Pickens
\nPickens Gap Road
\n\"Pickens
\n\"IC
\nI.C. King Road
\n\"IC
\n\"Animals\"\/
\nAnimals at Brookhaven Retreat<\/a>
\n\"Goat\"\/
\n\"Goat\"\/
\nNails Creek Road
\n\"Nails
\n\"Nails
\nMartin Mill Pike
\n\"Martin
\nSelf portrait
\n\"Tarklin
\nTarklin Valley Road
\n\"Auto
\nSomeone’s day just got worse on Governor John Sevier Highway.
\nRide stats<\/strong>
\nDistance: 35 miles
\nTime: 2:08
\n