Brand new & young family need some ideas
Hello all this will be a first time for the family and I want to surprise them with our first own vacation just us 4. I'm going to rent an rv and we're going to head out from Tampa, Florida. I plan on...
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Drew's experience was very different than ours. We were on the BRP in late April 2010, and had cold weather for the first few days. We started at Cherokee and went east. It was cold and there was a lot of fog.
We got shunted off the BRP at Pisgah. You don't want to get off the BRP except at highway crossings. The road down from Pisgah is a 1500 foot drop in 1.8 miles of map for 4 miles of road. I could have check the taillights from the driver's if I hadn't been trying very hard to stay on the pavement.
When we got to Craggy Garden, there was a warm fire in the visitor center and that was good. It was high 20s outside. The Garden (of trees) is at about 6000ft MSL and it was clearly still winter up there.
Do the Natchez Trace, 444 miles of easy driving. Get the book, and plan to go off for Vicksburg. It will be better for all of you. As the trees will not have filled out, you will actually be able to see the original trace in the woods along side the roadway. There are lots of stops and more than a few campgrounds. There are 200+ historical markers along the way, you really have to read the book and decide which will be best, but remember to read the book and pamphlet before you go. We have run the Trace 3 times and it is a great drive.
Matt
We got shunted off the BRP at Pisgah. You don't want to get off the BRP except at highway crossings. The road down from Pisgah is a 1500 foot drop in 1.8 miles of map for 4 miles of road. I could have check the taillights from the driver's if I hadn't been trying very hard to stay on the pavement.
When we got to Craggy Garden, there was a warm fire in the visitor center and that was good. It was high 20s outside. The Garden (of trees) is at about 6000ft MSL and it was clearly still winter up there.
Do the Natchez Trace, 444 miles of easy driving. Get the book, and plan to go off for Vicksburg. It will be better for all of you. As the trees will not have filled out, you will actually be able to see the original trace in the woods along side the roadway. There are lots of stops and more than a few campgrounds. There are 200+ historical markers along the way, you really have to read the book and decide which will be best, but remember to read the book and pamphlet before you go. We have run the Trace 3 times and it is a great drive.
Matt
