Mom and dad's hiking has slowed a bit with the colder weather and for other reasons, but they recently took an hour and a half drive west to do some easy hiking in Bryson City and the gateway to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.
They'd read about a curious landmark known as the Road to Nowhere Tunnel and had to check it out for themselves.
I won't get into the story here as there is a plethora of information about its history, photos galore and whatnot otherall online. Dad says Google it. I say he's a lazy ass and in a mood.
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| Mom On Her Way Into the Tunnel |
After meandering through the damp, chilly graffiti-covered tunnel, they took an easy walk on one of the shorter trails just to be out in the fresh air.
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| Mom Atop the Tunnel |
Oh, and yes, the road on the other end of the tunnel does, indeed go nowhere. It just ends, just like that. Parts of the story of the tunnel reminded dad of the history of Quabbin Reservoir up in Massachusetts in that people, homes & businesses were displaced in the name of "progress". We'll just leave it at that.
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| Yep, More Mom |
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| View of the Tuckasegee River on the Way to the Tunnel |
15 comments:
That's a pretty place for a walk and that tunnel sure sounds like a government project! Hey, I saw a trout jump down in the river!
I would love to go for a walk there. Beautiful.
Have a fabulous day. Scritches to Cleo. ♥
I live right near the Quabbin so I know all about the 4 towns destroyed to make it.
What a neat place for a hike for your mom and dad, Cleo. We googled it, and that sounds like what happens with a lot of government projects. There's something similar in the mountains above Los Angeles. That one is a bridge that goes nowhere.
Fascinating (amusing story about it) and a beautiful place, all in one! Now to follow up with Mr Google.
On a Sunday country drive not long ago, rather rural, a street sign read "The End of the
Street" Road ... curious, though not enough to venture down it ...
Cleo, I see lots of sunshine that day. Beautiful place to take a walk, I'm envious. I'll have to look up that tunnel. In the meantime did they leave you at home with lots of nippy a soft warm bed?
Wow! What a beautiful place to do some hiking!
I adore traveling through woods and up and down hills!
Can't really call it 'hiking', just my plodding steps as I enjoy nature.
Cleo, aren't you glad that you didn't have to go?
It certainly looks like a very pretty place to take a walk. Even when the weather isn't very warm. - Mom Bean
Aren't you glad you're a cat Cleo. You got to stay home, stay warm, and have an uninterrupted nap while the beans were out wandering. - Saku
I always wondered what the end of the road would look like--not bad!
cleo....oh em cod that veew oh de riverz awesum !!! ;) manee thanx for sharin ~~~ ♥♥
Cleo I sure am glad mom is feeling tip top that was a very nice trek to nowhere. The light at the end of the tunnel is deceiving. You know how I feel about the beautiful NC Mountains...the last photo is frame worthy
Hugs Cecilia
Looks like a great place for a hike. The scenery in the last photo is breathtaking.
Cleo, Lynn just explained how some people paid enough money to not build the road to nowhere that you and I and all our blog furrfriends could buy an electric blanket, a case of sardines, a case of temptation treats and a bag of nippy. Ready to shop? Precious
Lulu: "Hmm, I wonder if this is the road The Talking Heads were singing about in that one song of theirs ..."
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