Chance encounters...

[Les H]

Jerry, i suppose i could manage another weekend in theN F of Ga or Tn.OW! Quit it! Stop twistin my arm so hard!<img src="/images/boards/smilies/biggrin.gif" border="0" align="absmiddle">

 

[judycmomx6]

<P>Blkjak, do you have trouble finding places to park down there? I would imagine it's very difficult. Do they let you park at that warehouse? I know you have your little apt. going on there, but do they let you park there all the time?&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Les, I too am in the south, I live on the coast of SC.</P>

 

[judycmomx6]

Blkjak, yes, I am fairly close. It usually takes about 6 1/2 &nbsp;hrs. to get to Cherokee from my house. My Grandfather used to live in Hendersonville, NC. before he passed, it's by Asheville, so we used to go up to NC frequently. So I'm pretty familiar with that whole area up there. I really love it up there too, but I can't handle the cold. I was raised in southern CA. and then moved to the south so me and the cold do not get along very well. But i will make my yearly trek up there for sure when it gets a little warmer.

 

[Seraphim]

We're about six hours from Reliance Tn.

 

[Seraphim]

Have you any specific camp sites scoped out, or are you going to figure it out when you get there?

 

[Les H]

Jerry, if you look at the map that blackjack posted on the last page back, you will see Copperhill and Ducktown. Not far from there is Tumbling Creek campsite. There are 7-8 campsites in a semicircle and a " pit" toilet . If you follow the dirt road just a bit farther towards the lake, there are another 5-7 campsites RIGHT ON ( 20' away" ) the creek. The road to the lake is narrow, rutted and dirt, with no place to turn a travel trailer around. The locals back thier fishing boat trailers almost a mile to put in there.
Last year, we had a weekend gtg with 8 of us in the smaller further down the road area. And if you have 4x4, there are several additional sites a ailable. Copperhill and Ducktown are nice little towns for supplies, and there is a lot of white water adventure type business there, as the Occoe river was used as the 96 olympics site. TVA releases billions of gallons daily, on a schedule, virtually guaranteeing white water and rapids. While it's not the Colorado river, it looks like a blast.
That's one possibilityand the camping is free, move after 14 days. Some might like more cushy arrangements,and others are welcome to offer alternatives. I'm sure Cherokee NF is loaded with options.

 

[Seraphim]

That sounds like a great location for boondocking. No 4x4 (I wish I has something like 4x4tour's van) but we've gotten the B to some interesting places.

Still haven't come up with a way to get a canoe on top of our unit. We researched kayaks, but DW has skin allergies and we can stay dryer in a canoe.

 

[Les H]

Jerry and blackjack, I have had my bus in ( and , more importantly, out) of several NF boondock campsites.. In chicamunga NF in north ga, at hickey gap, we were 10 miles from a paved road and 2 wd was fine. There are some truly remote places though, that I would prefer 4x4, and some areas they won't even let you in without it.