brscooter Posted February 10, 2009 #1 Posted February 10, 2009 My sister-in-law is moving to Spring City, TN. Her new husband is going to work at the nuke plant. I am told that it is about an hour from the Dragon. so I definitely will be visiting. Anything nice around there other than the Dragon? Lyle:7_6_3[1]:
6pak Posted February 10, 2009 #2 Posted February 10, 2009 Lot's of good roads, great weather, beautiful country. Free concerts every Saturday night at Smoky Mountain HD in maryville during the Summer. Enjoy!!!
autopilot Posted February 11, 2009 #3 Posted February 11, 2009 Ya got Volunteer football! Lots of lakes around. Emerald & ruby mines over in Maggee Valley. The of course there's always Dollywood and Pigeon Forge. There's Cherokee, NC near the Tail of the Dragon. Smoky Mountain National Park--there are some gorgeous picnic areas right along the creeks. Mainly though, the roads and the scenery are a bikers dream come true (IMHO)
eazyduzzit Posted February 11, 2009 #4 Posted February 11, 2009 I live in Knoxville, about 70 miles from Spring City. This is the prime motorcycle riding area in the country. The mountains, lakes and small farms in this area make for beautiful scenery.
mountainhorsega Posted February 11, 2009 #5 Posted February 11, 2009 Free concerts every Friday night down town. One of the best downtown areas I have seen since San Antonio. Beautiful area. Tons of great riding
Freebird Posted February 11, 2009 #6 Posted February 11, 2009 Heck....after reading these posts...I think I want to move there too. Where is that power plant? I have close to 20 years power plant experience....it was a while back but I remember a few things.
royalstarjac Posted February 11, 2009 #7 Posted February 11, 2009 http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2008/dec/12/tva-says-startup-for-unit-2-of-nuke-plant-on/?printer=1/
Squeeze Posted February 11, 2009 #8 Posted February 11, 2009 Don, just don't forget to put on your Radiation Sticker every Day ... The Rest will become freshened up soon !!
autopilot Posted February 11, 2009 #9 Posted February 11, 2009 My wife is from K-town and we spent 6 years there after I got out of the service working for TVA in Nuclear design. (at it's peak) You have a coal fired unit at Watts Barr as well. They have something like 59 units at 11 plants (fossil) throughout the system. You also have Sequoyah Nuclear at Soddy-Daisy, TN, down toward Chattanooga. Then there's Hydro. and a couple of gas turbines. TVA is a federal corporation, so benefits are good, wages are good; military service time counts in the calc. for retirement (or it used to). Great credit union! Why was it that I left???? Oh yeah...they had a RIF when nuclear construction got scaled way back. I read the writing on the wall and left on my own. I still like them though. If things had been different, I might STILL be there. Oh well! I've thought about moving back up that way from time to time, but my wife is happy here and if she's happy, I'm happy! Don, if you're even remotely serious, you could do much, much worse! I think TN still has no state income tax on wages, by the way! And then there are those roads........I wanna move!
TallyVenture Posted February 11, 2009 #10 Posted February 11, 2009 If you do the Dragon, make sure to also ride the Cherohala Skyway and the Foothills Parkway. I recommend you ride the Dragon on a weekday.
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