Road Trip 2018 - Day Twenty One Pictures

Started the day at Arethra Frankenstein

A breakfast joint nearby foreggs,  country ham and grits 

Manager Cory saying Hi!

Then we headed into the mountains

Or first stop was Reliance

Where we met the last of living Webb's who have been tending this area since the late 1800's

All that's left of the great mill that used to be here set up by a pioneer in the 1840's by the name of Higdon who was a great land owner

In fact these are not natural rapids but are the remains of a dam used to hold back water for the mill

It would have been located where the bridge is now and was an underflow variety which meant the wheel was more like the wheel of a paddle wheel steamer

This is an old map and it shows where this location used to be called Higdon Mill. It actually has both Names listed

Here is the original appointment of postmaster

And one original land deed of Higdon's holdings

Examples of other old stuff including filing cubicles for mail, cash drawer, cash register, apple peeler

This is a popular area for fishing and you can see with the clear water

Heading to Tellico Plains over mountain roads we saw this old church from 1887 that is still active

With the incongruous soccer ball on the front entrance to bring it up to date

An old barn right next door

Next we were in Tellico Plains where we ate at the down home Tellicafe

Very popular with the biker set who are all over the mountains

 The best of our dishes

A soup of green tomatoes and country ham

It was a wonderful concoction with just a touch of sour from the green tomatoes and a salty punch from the country ham

Then it was into the old part of Tellico Plains for some picture taking

The shuttle of the Eldership for this away mission

Captain Spouse doing reconnaissance

Then into the Cherokee National Forest

We drove many twisty turning miles of mountain driving

The warning for the motorcycle drivers seemed to a prod to most to do the opposite

A not so authentic but I still thought photogenic covered bridge

A lovely couple from Mississippi with a cool car that gets all kinds of attention

 

 

We were rewarded in the end by getting so elusive fall color

Damn fence around the Dam