Advocate III
Yeah I could probably do a two day trip during the weekend sometime. I've heard awesome things about the DBBB.
Nashville, Tennessee
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Finally checked out the TN Dirt Devil, it was a nice drive, we only did about 120 miles of it and spent about 4 1/2 hours driving around the back roads of Tennessee.
it was a good time just riding through the country.
it was a good time just riding through the country.
Advocate III
We caught parts of it, but apparently not the good parts I don't think. Sounds like I'll have to go back sometime...
Yeah maybe we can do a day trip there in the fall when colors start changing.
Speaking of when colors start changing!
https://smokymountains.com/fall-foliage-map/
We're weeks away from peak fall foliage in Tennessee. I don't know about y'all, but I plan to be out camping in it as many weekends as I can!
Advocate III
Been looking through the Smoky Mountain campgrounds online, but it kind of looks like everything's already reserved for the weekends up until it gets more towards the winter.
There's plenty of space for dispersed camping down in the Tellico River area among other areas of the Cherokee National Forest.
https://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/cherokee/recreation/camping-cabins/recarea/?recid=35128&actid=34
Advocate III
So do you think it's safe to say that you can always find a dispersed campsite if you drive to a national forest?
I've yet to have a problem. If it's too crowded pick a forest road and keep driving until it ain't! Most Forest Rangers are also happy to recommend spots they know about. Usually worth stopping to ask.
Advocate III
As long as you get a permit and pack in and pack out you're good for 14 days at a time. You can always call the Ranger station before you get in the car to double check. They will sometimes close parts of the forest for fires or winter weather. But you don't want to be there then anyway.
My wife and I are planning a trip there first weekend of October. Planning on doing Hurricane Creek to Max Patch. This will be her first Overlanding experience. Her one condition is she doesn’t wanna squat where the bears do so I needed to find a campground with bathrooms....baby steps. It was definitely harder than I thought but I did. I’d say if you get away from the touristy areas you shouldn’t have any problems finding camp. We had a group go this spring and it was a little challenging but we had to find room for 12 trucks. If you stay around the Cherokee or Pisgah Forrest area should be good.
Installed my new rear bumper, planning to test it out at AOP next weekend.
I’ve got more pics in my build thread https://www.overlandbound.com/forums/threads/2014-tacoma-trd-off-road-spinning-my-wheels-build.12411/#post-263687
I’ve got more pics in my build thread https://www.overlandbound.com/forums/threads/2014-tacoma-trd-off-road-spinning-my-wheels-build.12411/#post-263687
Victoria and I are going to try and hit up the Tennessee Dirt Devil this weekend if the weather holds. Anyone else interested? We still don’t have any solid plans.
Enthusiast III
Any reports on that trip? Looking to do the same route during this Veteran's Day weekend coming up...
Looks like I'll be hitting the dirt devil around 10:30 or 11am tomorrow, I'm meeting up with another guy along the way, let me know if you want to go look at leaves with us.
I might be interested, where were you planning to meet up?
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We'll probably meet up in Nashville around 10am (midtown/ west end), then head down to Leiper's Fork.
