Road Trippin’: DC to Knoxville

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

In three weeks I’ll be making the trip from Washington DC to Knoxville, Tennessee. According to Google Maps the trip should take a little under eight hours.

I’ll be stopping in Roanoke for lunch – I’d like to have a little picnic at Center In the Square before going over to see Mini-Graceland. I’m kind of psyched to see Mini-Graceland since I’ll be seeing the real one when I get to Memphis. It seems the landmark was in disarray for a while but it’s slowly getting put back together. I’m not sure what state it’ll be in when I get there.

Continuing on there’s the Big Pencil in Wytheville, Virginia. I figure that since this is a writing pilgrimage/research trip stopping off to pick up some new supplies at the Wytheville Office Supply shop that houses the Big Pencil would be a good idea.

A little passed Wytheville is the grave of Dr. Pepper. There’s really not much of a reason to stop there except to say I stopped at Dr. Pepper’s grave. I don’t even really like Dr. Pepper all that much.

That’s really all I have planned as far as the first leg of my trip goes. Time permitting I’d like to stop at some wineries on the way. I’m more excited about the view – it’s a pretty scenic route all the way down. I’ll be staying at a hostel in Knoxville for the night and some point before leaving Knoxville I’ll be sure to check out the Sunsphere because, according to The Simpsons, that’s all Knoxville has. I’ll also be checking out the world’s largest Rubic’s Cube, of course.

Labels: roadtrip, travel