2.9K views · 136 reactions | A drive along Tennessee Ernie Ford Parkway in Bristol, Tennessee. It runs parallel to the Bristol Motor Speedway at one point. Hope you enjoy it and, it not, bless your pea-pickin’ heart… | Real Appalachia | Facebook

Shoutout and a big thank you to one of our awesome sponsors, the City of Bristol TN! We appreciate you being on board again this year and for being such an incredible partner for The Classic! | The Classic at Tennessee High School

I was talking to my 90 year old grandpa from Bristol, Virginia, and somehow our conversation wandered through memories of the mountains and old roads. He started talking about his old childhood memories and mentioned Backbone Rock. This tiny tunnel was blasted through the stone back in 1901 for a small timber railroad, only about 20 feet long, and one of the shortest tunnels in the world!! Today, the trains are gone, the road runs through instead and it’s a quiet corner of Cherokee National Fore