The second day's shorter mileage works well, allowing time to arrive in Chattanooga before rush hour traffic and to enjoy the downtown area that evening, also leaving us well rested for the long ride to Sweetwater tomorrow.

Stay at the American Eagle Inn in Monteagle, the Days Inn - Rivergate in downtown Chattanooga.

Alternate route ridden in 2008, direct to Sewanee for lunch instead of through Stevenson.

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107 miles and two long climbs (over Signal Mountain into the Sequatchie Valley, then back up and over the mountain into Dunlap). After lunch in Dunlap the route crosses the Watts Bar dam and on to Sweetwater.

Stay at the Quality Inn & Suites in Sweetwater.

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85 miles and no long climbs, but some long gradual grades and hills. Lunch at the Apple Valley Kitchen country restaurant in Townsend.

Stay two nights in Gatlinburg at the Gatlinburg Village Townhouse. Options to lounge, hike, shop, and/or ride up to Clingman's Dome (45 miles out-and-back ride) or to Cherokee for two climbs.

78 miles back through the Smoky Mountain Park and Townsend, then a long climb along the foothills parkway. The route then travels along the tail of the dragon past Deal's Gap and along the river to Joyce Kilmer, including three climbs.

Stay at the Rattler Ford campground at the Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest, or at the Robbinsville Microtel.

Robbinsville is a 92-mile ride from Gatlinburg - Cue Sheet