Well, I don't know about anyone else, but I actually enjoy the longer videos! Hanging right in there with ya, bud! I loved seeing the older, beautiful homes! It was my dream when I was younger to buy an older home & furnish it with items in the era it was built. Only thing, it would've had to have a wrap-around porch or at least a very large one I could put rocking chairs & hang plants on. But, unfortunately, that dream was gone when I turned 39 & disabled. Im 62 now (til September!) & try not to think of things I didn't get to accomplish. I did see the usual Dollar General store in this video! And that food! Good grief, you made an old woman hungry at nearly 3 in the morning! That looked so delicious! I'm not even gonna think about that elephant. Bet PETA had a fit over that happening! Good thing they weren't around in those days! Enjoyed the walk, too. My son & I used to go for walks in the snow...it was always so beautiful, especially at night. I used to love walking in the rain too, sometimes with or without an umbrella! Before our road was paved, we had a clay dirt road. When it rained, my niece thats 2 yrs younger than me, would get out & walk up & down the road, squishing the clay mud between our toes & usually getting soaking wet! Mama let us do this as long as it wasn't storming. Then she'd have us come to the back porch, rinse our feet off with water pumped from the cistern, took off our wet things, wrapped us in blankets til we dried, then dress us in dry clothes. Oh how I miss those simple pleasurable days! I could see me now trying to walk in clay mud with my walker...I'd end up face down & mud on more than my feet! Your videos bring back so many good memories for me! Thank you so much! Hopefully someday I'll be able to send you a donation. You just don't know what a help you are to me! But, I missed that singing again, you know "the party's over"?! God bless you, my friend, & keep these great videos coming!

I want to move to Tennessee. My family roots are from there. Never lived there just visited family. Felt at home once my feet his Tennessee soil. People are great

My lovely hometown!

I enjoyed this visit to Erwin very much. My grandparents were from Erwin.

Would love to visit this town, and even live here one day. I love TN.

Oh I love that you took us all on a nice ride to check out the sights n see some beautiful scenery !! Oh how I would love to live in or near the mountains there !! Thank you for posting this!!! I really appreciate it so much. It felt like I was really in the car with you!!!

Thank you for your time in making this video. I'm moving there from Asheville, as soon as I can.

The BEST years of my life were spent in Johnson City with my wife, Barbara. A lot of our motorcycle rides took us through Erwin en route to the BEAUTIFUL mountain roads in that area. Thank you for the memories

I was looking for that Bojangles, Pals, and the Mountain View Inn!

Philadelphia, PA -> Erwin, Tn made that drive 3 times!

I enjoy the longer videos....thanx for showing us around, very beautiful area!

Thank you for another enjoyable ride. I love the Blue Ridge pottery.

My grandpa started the blue ridge potteries.......he was sent to TN. to start the potteries and he met my grandma and was married.....he was from Germany .

Absolutely wonderful video. I love it when you got out and walked around, made me feel as though I was right there.

Not far from my home in Greene County TN...love love love our little corner of the world!!

Well I don't know if you will see this comment but I just ran across this video and it brought me back to my childhood. I was born in the old Erwin hospital in 1958. I grew up on Spivey mountain just south of Erwin but still in Unicoi co. I've not been thru Erwin in a very long time and it almost looks the same as when I grew up there. I graduated from the old UCHS high school and spent many days roaming the streets of Erwin during my teenage years. as old as I am, I still miss this place and wish I could move back there. You almost made it to Evergreen cemetery where most of my family was laid to rest. Watching the video was just like riding in the car with you. I really enjoyed it. Thanks for a good job.

Nice ride and walking tour and history. Sure looked cold. Thanks and be safe out there. GOD BLESS YOU always.

Always enjoy your driving videos. It’s very interesting to see other states and how the residents live. Downtowns had their heyday many years ago before Walmart and big box chain stores moved in.

My paternal grandfather had a brother who lived in Erwin, Tennessee.

Thanks for a great video.

Ah, *my* type of country where you visited! in the 1980s, I lived for a few years with my sister in North Carolina and she taught at ETSU and she would travel up Laurel valley over the 3500 foot mountain pass and travel through Erwin. I would go with her at least once a week. Then she died and I had to spend many months in Johnson City doing estate work on her property. This was many years ago, Erwin and Johnson city has changed over the years. over 30 years, in fact. Looks prosperous. People tell me that Johnson City is doing well. I have many memories of riding and walking around these mountains. A five-mile map length road can be 15 miles over yonder as the road snakes and curves, why they do not waste a curve sign unless that curve is over 180 degrees of a turn!

Thank you 😊 My son and I thoroughly enjoyed your share. My son and I are in our decision making process for relocation to Tennessee. We are looking in North East TN minus any areas given to flooding. That chicken seriously looks like trouble, 😉 👍🏻

I worked there in the late 80s early 90s on the Highway that was built at that time

I was born in this sleepy little town in the late 50s. My Grandparents and my Uncle lived and died here. My family moved to Virginia when I was but a year old, but I have many fond memories of Sunday visits and staying with my Grandparents for a few days in the summers.

Sweet tour

I lived there for a few months. It’s a decent little town.

Thank you.......my parents also had a small pottery there. Unaka Pottery/ Date & Bonnie Clouse

Thinking about moving there with friends, happy to see what it looks like in the winter. I'm a Florida girl, I think I'd be terribly homesick. Can't deny it's beautiful there, though.

The version of the elephant story that I heard way back in the day was that it was hung from a train trellis in Scott County. It’s amazing how stories get twisted.

My dad was born in Unicoi County TN....nearest town was Erwin.

Erwin mayor bubba is a good man. He married a Brookshire gal that I grew up with in church at Belvue Christian church in kingsport,tn. Bubba was a football referee in northeast Tennessee back in 170's up through 1990's.

That was great!

I wouldn't find any good pottery in Broward County nowadays, nice plate.

I love the Antique store’s ❤️no dreams of Elephants

Ah, another frequent destination in my "road" days, Shane. I always enjoyed going down there, especially stopping off at the original Clarence's in Unicoi (that burned down in 2017). I didn't know they had moved to the original Wendy's in Erwin though - it's been a few years since I've been down that way. That's AWESOME news - the original Clarence's was such a cornerstone of the community, it was heartbreaking to see it burning on the news that night... just a great ending to what could have been a tragic story, right there. (By the way, the gravy n biscuits were ridiculously good - sorry, Mama, but they were!) Let's see, other memories of Erwin... A few things jump to mind. The Nuclear Fuels joint down there, of course, with all the good and bad it represents (not getting into it - nor will I ever walk into the joint again in this life). Georgia Pacific. Red Wing's historic factory there. White's Fresh Foods (the first store they ever opened in 1969, down at the south end, is still open as an IGA now). Some will remember the sound effect of the "bob white bird" as their radio ad moniker... Erwin always fascinated me, such an enigmatic sort of place - and of course, by the time I was rolling through there in the 90's, a lot of the visible means of support for the town had eroded, leaving a stranger to wonder just what folks did for a living there sometimes... Finally... I need to fuss a bit here: ENOUGH with the freaking elephant story already, sheesh. A town so steeped in rich history as Erwin doesn't deserve that as their calling card; that's just lazy to keep referring back to that when there's SO much more to talk about. I mean come on, Rogersville has a similar story about hanging a pachyderm - but would anyone want that to be their hometown's main claim to fame? Rock on and stay safe out there, my friend. -Ed on the Ridge

Very nice Loved that you took your time. Could you go Through Elizabethton tennessee. Thank you.

Tiktok sent me here. It's a sundown town.

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Fried Chicken and Mashed Potatoes sounds great to me!

I was adopted and at 48 years old I found my biological family and found out my bio egg donors side is from erwin. I would love to visit and see where that side comes from. I think I have my great grandfathers address but I don't think it's there anymore. Thanks for kinda bringing me home.

hi Bonnie, from Flint

Tge scenic drive is heading tge back way out of emerging driving alongside the nolichukey River over towards Lamar community and embreeville. That is where my grandma Bonnie (Yates) Denton grew up in the early 1900's. nearby Bumpus cove/embreeville area. Several of her male ancestors worked in the old Bumpus cove iron ore mines.

Met my husband n unicoi tn.he was from erwin tn.he was just a good ole country boy.love this area!!! I've heard that story all my life.didnt know his trainer was killed n kingsport.heard trainer did hurt the elephant.so he deserved what elephant did to trainer.elephant should have never been killed.it wasn't the elephants fault.it was human cruelty n the case what happened to the poor elephant..susan m.

Nice and I'm looking for a green 4 door jeep wrangler in the video lol

Thanks for sharing this. I'm moving to East TN in a couple weeks. It's nice to see the small towns.

Don't want to risk not skipping far enough ahead so I skipped the video in its entirety. I will simply enjoy the others & leave it at that.

I don't mean to be a backseat driver but a stop sign means exactly what it says.

Thanks for letting me ride along Enjoyed the video. Shane,do you realize how many carbs and calories was in that food you ate, just saying.🤣

What hotels are there?

How often does East Tn have gray skies, like in this video and how many months is the weather in the 40's or less during the day?

Hanging a elephant for defending itself, SMH. Here we have a place called Emerson creek pottery in Virginia. Not far from the house. They have nice stuff. ✌🖖

Wow...just seen this and I've lived in erwin all my life...weird seeing some elses perspective on it and I'm glad that people enjoy this area as much as I do.by the way,you happened to catch my vehicle parked at my workplace!!was really giddy when i saw that for some reason lol.and if people are so up in arms about Mary the elephant....then at least it ain't about the more horrible event in 1918....yeah now that's something that needs to be looked down upon.just sayin

U mentioned Barney fife n this video.got funny story,my brother was going thru unicoi tn few years ago an a officer pulled him over.well the cop look like Barney fife an my brother very n hurry,very hard headed ask the cop whyd u pull me over? Cop said u was going lit over speed limit.my brother commented back we'll hurry go write me a ticket Barney fife so I can b on my way.so instead of writing my brother ticket he went back to his car an called for back up,back up arrived an my brother was took to jail for calling the cop Barney fife.true story!!!!LOL!!!!

If you go to fast I just stop the video using the keyboard and check it out.

Ya should have had the catfish!!

the nuclear plant so hidden away! I was amazed over how many secret things are hidden in these mountains, secrets known only to a few people. Like "Ebenezer Bible University". back then, in the 1986 period, their sign at the bottom of the road leading up the small mountain looked like a hand painted sign made by a Bible thumping retired preacher. the reality is....the building houses a full University for grad students. masters and Phd degrees only. It is the grad school for the college across the valley!

I live in Erwin, N.C. I wonder if it really was supposed to be Ervin now!

How far from Knoxville?

Interesting video as always. Very difficult to hear or understand what you’re saying over the road noise.

The onoy place on Earth that hunged a elephant

Back in early 1980's I went to volunteer high school. We hated having yo go play unicoi blue devils in erwin. Their fans would get too rowdy. About as bad as playing against cocke county high school in newport,tn as their fans would alao get way too rowdy If you beat them in sports it could get way too rowdy trying to get on our bus and trying to drive out of those towns.

Could'nt understand a word you were saying inside the car

I have Kin people in unicoi county. On simerly Creek road. And tiger Creek road. I would like for you to do a video on roan mountain Tennessee. Thanks a lot for what y'all were doing. And stay safe. ✌️

He was a very mean man and treated her poorly.

not bad-- but not enough coal! next time, more coal please

I wouldn't take money advice from Wesley Snipes.

Shoot your video, then narrate from the peace and solitude of your home

Working in those potteries was really bad for your health......breathing that silica sand made scare tissue in your lungs and your lungs could not absorb oxygen....My grandpa died when he was 59...and my dad died at 69....my dad went to work in the potteries when he was 10yrs old.

I know the story of the elephant......a lot more stories of that day....but its racist and would be removed if I told the truth of that day.

SICK HISTORY!! ALL ELEPHANTS DESERVE REPERATIONS!

The cancer capital of east Tennessee right behind the cancer causing eastman plant of Kingsport