Dad and I will leave Michigan early Thursday morning. Head South on some backroads/state highways past Defiance, OH and eventually pick up I-75 at Lima, OH. Continue South down through Dayton, Cincinnati, Lexington, and then meet up with the "Southbound & Down" group at the Buc-ees in Richmond, KY.....refuel, stock up on beef jerky, snacks, adult sodas.....then the caravan continues South on I-75 down to Knoxville where we cut down/over through Maryville on our way to the Promised Land of Townsend, TN.