Road Trip in December - Tennessee

The Tennessee leg of my road trip took an afternoon of one day and the morning of the next....through Knoxville, Nashville, and Memphis. I'd visited the state before - touring the Hermitage near Nashville and Mud Island in Memphis. This time I was just passing through; I pretty quickly got into the mode of thinking it would be a good place to plan an outdoor vacation...maybe even try camping again. Oak Ridge Lab - today and its history - also might be interesting.

There were still some areas where leaves were clinging to the trees but most were on the ground. In some of the higher places there were tiny patches of snow...lots of fog and frost in the morning. If the sun had been out the trees would have looked glittered. 

The rest areas in Tennessee always seem better than just about any other states. They are well designed and kept clean. Some of them are close to the highway; others are set back a little ways and seem more park-like because of the little bit of distance. The picture of the giant guitar below (upper left) is across the highway from the first rest area in Tennessee entering from Virginia (i.e. the eastern side of the state).