On Saturday, we took a little road trip to see Fontana Lake, which is a human-made lake dammed by the largest concrete dam east of the Rockies. It is TVA's largest dam, and it was built to power the Manhattan Project. We plugged our destination into Gladys the Map (our friendly GPS), and off we went.
What we didn't realize was that Gladys was sending us on US-129, an eleven-mile stretch of which is known as The Dragon, and quite popular with motorcyclists. There are supposedly 318 curves in those eleven miles, which my stomach can attest to. Vinny had asked me to sit in the back seat with him, and I acquiesced. I was feeling pretty sick about halfway into those 11 miles, and requested that Jeff pull over so I could get in the front.
On our way home, I drove, again back on US-129. (I did not get carsick at all while driving.) It was challenging, especially because I was not driving the car I usually drive, but I got the hang of it quickly and did not get in any accidents or anything like that. But I did get home 20 minutes later than Gladys had originally projected, because that road is harder to drive than she thought.
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