Posted by Brad Osborne on May 3, 2021 · 22 Comments
I hear the train whistle blowing,
Steel wheels sing clickety-clack…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on March 8, 2021 · 21 Comments
The pens of writers that came before,
The lives that did not look like mine…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on February 15, 2021 · 11 Comments
There, in long orderly rows,
The entire world lain bare…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on November 14, 2020 · 16 Comments
The island inks that paint our arms,
Our quiet strength and worldly charms…
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Posted by Brad Osborne on June 24, 2019 · 8 Comments
It is still one of the most technical rides, on one of the most dangerous roads in the world. And it is worth every second.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on June 22, 2019 · 4 Comments
The Devils Triangle, just north of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, in the mountains of the Cumberland Plateau, is made up of some of the most unusual two-lane twisty roads in eastern Tennessee.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on June 20, 2019 · 2 Comments
The Foothills Parkway is 33 miles of paved and maintained road that follows the Smoky Mountain ridgeline from US 129 to Walland, Tennessee. It winds through the Nantahala National Forest and provides spectacular views of the Smoky Mountains to the east, and the Cumberland Mountains to the west.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on June 19, 2019 · 4 Comments
Referred to as “The Mile-High Legend” their tag line is “A Drive Above The Clouds”.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on June 18, 2019 · 5 Comments
US 129 runs right through Robbinsville, though the Dragon is some 30 minutes south of town. If it didn’t, Robbinsville may well not exist at all.
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Posted by Brad Osborne on June 10, 2019 · 4 Comments
This upcoming trip, I had decided to pass the baton. There were only three of us and the date was easy. I welcomed the chance to not be burdened with the detail and minutia of planning things.
