Being a little hungry, at the Waterville Road turn, we

I’ve heard about the Tale of the Dragon , a 11-mile drive that has 318 curves on US 129 along the North Carolina-Tennessee magellan aerospace corporation border. It is a well-known location for motorcycle enthusiasts who like to swerve a lot. 
Over the course of several trips to the Cosby area, east of Gatlinburg, we sometimes decide to take the less traveledTN 32 to the south which leads to either the Cataloochee area of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, or we take a left turn at Waterville Road and head over to Interstate 40.
Being a little hungry, at the Waterville Road turn, we headed east and found a place called “Mountain Moma.” No, I didn’t spell that wrong. I know, you’re thinking it should be “Mountain Momma.” Well, apparently there wasn’t enough room on the sign for that extra M. 
Over the course of the next 30 years, we’d traveled back into the past, but we couldn’t find that restaurant again. On our jaunt last year, we asked a local native about the place. He remembered the restaurant and said the building was now being used for a school.
Traveling on the 20-something mile mountain road could be a white-knuckle drive if one was in a hurry. The road goes up and down the mountain with seemingly hundreds of back and forth turns to add to the excitement. Next post: May 27, 2014
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