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Its been a while since I have gotten to take a long distance run. Most of my trucking loads are more local along the I-24 East to I-40 East corridor of Nashville. Today was a little different and while I am not a fan of the East Tennessee backroads, they do provide for some of the best views of nature.
My trip today started in Nashville and took me to Cookeville. There I delivered new cabinet tops and millwork to the new wing of Cookeville Regional Hospital. From there I went I40 east to exit 301 and up state highway 62 to highway 27 into Helenwood, TN. Both are about 20 to 25 miles of sweeping roads along the hills and mountains of Monterey and Jamestown, TN. Most of the smaller towns still are simple life towns with a post office, a grocery and a fuel station. None more than a couple miles in lenghth. But the views are somewhat breath taking. As you cross one hilltop or mountain top and you see the valleys below, you wonder why anyone would want to live in a big city.
As I got loaded in Helenwood, TN and headed home, I came back down state highway 27 to state highway 52 west, also known as Rugby Road. About a mile and a half on highway 52, you start passing homes and small land plots that appear to have never changed since the early 1900′s. It is very well kept, the properties are fenced and each one with a hanging sign welcoming you in. A bed and breakfast, the Episcopal Church, a Library, School. All as if time stood still. Its a pretty amazing sight to see. The road weaves on to highway 127 then south to I-40 west back to Nashville. I did find a link on the city which describes the city founded in the 1800′s as a Victorian class-free cooperative. The link is http://www.historicrugby.org/index.html.
Honestly the roads were state highways which are not really the best roads for large trucks, but cars would find then almost normal and motorcyclist would find them downright fun. In any event, its trips like these that make finding the roots of our country in remote areas worthwile.
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