Spring has sprung. Enjoy all the natural wonders that attracts more out-of-town visitors each passing year. In the southern part of Monroe County, there's cell phone service using any of the AT&T affiliated cell phone service providers. And, there's a Dstar wide-area coverage repeater in nearby Benton TN that has crystal clear audio for both receive and transmit...as well as the 147.180 analog repeater.
Just over the TN/NC border there is an amazing waterfall and cave formations that is not on the tourist map...take Joe Brown road in Coker Creek for about 10 miles, and you will run into this wonderful recreational area--it is so well hidden that during the 5 years Eric Robert Rudolph was a federal fugitive, this area was one of his hangouts in the wild. To prevent the overflow of tourists, you must travel and do your own research: otherwise it may become as busy as Bald River Falls, which is usually way overcrowded with visitors during the summer months.
