{"id":10084,"date":"2024-06-18T22:33:44","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T02:33:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rootbeertogo.com\/?p=10084"},"modified":"2024-06-18T22:33:44","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T02:33:44","slug":"auto-train-trip-florida-beyond-lenoir-tn-to-wise-va-6-18-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rootbeertogo.com\/?p=10084","title":{"rendered":"Auto Train Trip Florida & Beyond Lenoir, TN To Wise, VA 6\/18\/2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We left the Holiday Inn Express in Lenoir TN around 9:30 AM with a stop at the local grocery chain Food City. Another chance to use the member card for savings!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tunnel into KY from TN<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Back through the tunnel to TN<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Unusual VA concrete arch bridge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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SW VA – No more flat straight roads<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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VA mountain view looking West<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Overlook in VA look East<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

In the afternoon, we cached our way southeast crossing into Kentucky via Cumberland Gap tunnel (oops, missed the turn and returned to TN through the same tunnel) and then into Virginia. We cached our way to the distillery and then Wise, Virginia. But first, the morning…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We had two DNF caches near Lenoir City, TN Food City and Knoxville TN. Our first find of the day was in a small business park that made us smile!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Open lid – surprise<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Cache by evergreen trunk<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Joyce has wanted to go to a Buc-ee’s, but they are on interstates. On our ways to Buc-ee’s via a state route, we found another cache in a park near Knoxville. Did a quick tour of Buc-ee’s and bought nothing but gas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Restrooms<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A little of everything is available<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Food to the left was popular<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A blowup Buck-ee<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Once in a Lifetime Experience (i.e. we never need to do it again)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Driving on we passed through Blaine and Tazwell TN, Pennington Gap VA where we stopped to visit the AXE Handle Distillery. Tasty mint julep and an Old Fashioned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Find in a geocacher’s front property<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Under the porch of a TN log cabin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Highlights of Same Gulf Station<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Highlights of Same Gulf Station (Helen, do you remember?)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Highlights of Same Gulf Station (For Helen…..)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Lovingly cared for old Gulf Station<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Distillery Front Porch<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Tasting (free) and a Mixed Drink (paid)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We arrived at our hotel around 6:30 PM. Enjoyed dinner of spaghetti with tomato sauce, toast and a spinach salad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Spaghetti and Salad<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We left the Holiday Inn Express in Lenoir TN around 9:30 AM with a stop at the local grocery chain Food City. Another chance to use the member card for savings! In the afternoon, we cached our way southeast crossing into Kentucky via Cumberland Gap tunnel (oops, missed the turn and returned to TN through … Continue reading Auto Train Trip Florida & Beyond Lenoir, TN To Wise, VA 6\/18\/2024<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10084","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-posts"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4GgIT-2CE","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rootbeertogo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10084","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rootbeertogo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rootbeertogo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rootbeertogo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rootbeertogo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10084"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.rootbeertogo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10084\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10088,"href":"https:\/\/www.rootbeertogo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10084\/revisions\/10088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rootbeertogo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10084"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rootbeertogo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10084"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rootbeertogo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10084"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}