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How rough do you all get when you ride. I’d like to trail ride but not risking the equipment. My Jeep isn’t set up for that and personally I don’t care much for it. This is my Jeep.


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Nice Jeep!!! It’s just all depends honestly. That ride was in Royal Blue, on the west side of I-75. That area is mostly forest roads/trails.....some mud/dirt/gravel....and a few river crossings. The water can get deep in a few places. The east side of 75 of Royal Blue can be a bit more “wild”, and plenty more opportunities to damage your ride.

I’m like you in that I don’t want to damage my Jeep, so I stick to the trails that I’m comfortable with. I’m still pretty much stock, other than put 33s on, as well as Rubicon take-off springs/shocks. With that being said, I’m comfortable on SOME trails at Windrock, but prefer smaller groups of like-minded people that don’t have dedicated trail Jeep’s. If you want to get out and hit some roads/easy trails, look on Facebook for Smoky Mtn Jeep Club. All of their stuff is super easy and fun.

This pic is from the overlook at Windrock.


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That's all Campbell Co, Scott border is about 7 miles west.  That exit has just boomed for the city of Caryville. Those hotels stay booked year round for ATV tourism. 
I can be at exit 141 in about 10 minutes on an ATV. 

You are correct!! I call that exit the Scott Co exit......even though I know that’s wrong. Just like I still call it Lake City instead of Rocky Top!! Pretty area up there......you are very lucky to live in that area.


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Actually you were close to my house most likely if you were on the Royal Blue/North Cumberland WMA. 

Yep!! We were!! We came in from the Scott Co area, off exit 141


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Went on a Jeep ride at Royal Blue today (about 15ish miles north of John). We were about 2,600 feet elevation and had to turn around. Trail was getting waaaaay too treacherous. Temps were about 28, and WINDY.


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I believe it was February 2015 but it could have been 2014. I was in the double digits below 0 around February 20th if I remember correctly without looking. 

It was 2015. First winter in our new to us home.


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5 minutes ago, Vol4Life said:

How does the Euro show snow in Mississippi and then it turns to rain in TN?

Because it's the "Valley Warm Nose" effect.  Probably....don't know for sure.  Haven't looked at models.  Feeling slightly jaded after getting nothing in this last round.

Todd Howell on WBIR just showed the in-house radar changing to snow in Knoxville around 6am, then quickly switching back to rain. I can’t remember which model their radar is based on.


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You are in Halls?

 

 

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Hey......I’m down in Fountain City....so between the three of us we have Broadway/Maynardville Pike obs covered!!

 

 

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13 hours ago, Stovepipe said:

 

Stove......did you know that kid is from Coalfield...right up the road?  I sent the same GIF to one of my employees in a text and she replied back that she went to HS with her!!!

Latest European weeklies line up with the tropical convection for the last forever. Except for next week's cold front, it's mainly warmer than normal weeks. Especially weeks 3-6 have a screaming +ABNA pattern. That's not super warm here, but no way to deliver cold. Warmest anomalies are north and west.
I would think it's the secondary pattern. Would last until about Thanksgiving. Then the primary pattern in La Nina would be that stubborn SER. Neither is really cold here, which is not a surprise in La Nina. Guess I'm saying the same thing over and over. Mainly warm. Hope for a well timed miracle. One of those Plains cold outbreaks bleeds southeast correctly timed.

So basically just like last year, and the year before, and the year before that, etc.......


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22 hours ago, Carvers Gap said:

Rains have definitely increased IMBY.  It looks like spring here with all of the green. So far this is the antithesis of September last year.  Leaves should look awesome this year.  

Until that inevitable storm front comes through and blasts all the leaves off like an industrial mega-leaf blower 

On 6/9/2020 at 12:00 PM, Windspeed said:

 

Oh well.  Bring on Winter 2021-22!!!!

I can't remember a spring that has been this windy.  Not breezy....but just flat out windy almost every day.

4 hours ago, Holston_River_Rambler said:

@Greyhound thought of you when I saw this video this AM

 

Pretty high water at the end. 

The "end" is where most people start.  The last time we did it the water was pretty high also.  You should see the wave that we create just going through....even at slow speeds!!!

Just saw the sun. It still exists.  

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LOL.  Nope.

To paraphrase President Reagan’s speech about the Berlin Wall......”Mr. Carvers, shut down this thread!”


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31 minutes ago, Holston_River_Rambler said:

I need to find this. What is it called, lol. Surprised facebook hasn't "recommended" it to me yet. 

"Winter Storm Outlook For East Tennessee".   I follow them also and get a good laugh from it from time to time.  

31 minutes ago, PowellVolz said:

 

I mean..... if we’re looking at it like that I’d rather it be sunny and 70.  


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I can definitely get on board with that!!!  

Sorry to be a curmudgeon.....but if it's not gonna stick, I would rather it just rain.  Waste of good snow in Knoxville.

2 minutes ago, JayCee said:

Had more snow this morning than we are currently.  Seems to be stuck as liquid.  Hope a switch occurs when heavier precip move in shortly. 

It's finally changing over in most of Knoxville....so it should be at your doorstep very soon

HRRR and RAP neither give the east TN valley a boost of confidence in the current situation.  Here's hoping for the best, but I'm prepared for the worst.  

Welcome back!!! Well....welcome to the new forum. Missed your posts on the other one.

 

 

 

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Mempho, is there any vacancy left? I might be moving in if Knoxville sees 0 inches of snow while just about everywhere else North, South, West, and East of the city does this weekend. 

We can share a room if needed

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27 minutes ago, Holston_River_Rambler said:

When I was up there a guy told me to look at it, but recommended I not do it today, lol. I didn't even know there was a tunnel until today. Here is the picnic area: 

 

Random tree floating down:

 

 

 

 

We went through the tunnel a few weeks ago and the water was high then.  A couple friends were talking about going this weekend - so I shared your video of the bridge to hopefully make them think otherwise!!!

@Holston_River_Rambler I would LOVE to see how flooded Nemo Tunnel is right now!!!  

Current water elevation at Norris Lake is 1,003 ASL.  Full pool is 1,020.  Here's the predicted data over the next few days.  It's risen two feet since 3am, so I would venture to guess these estimates may be on the lower side.