Go girl go! I have driven from So. Georgia to Paducah....The mountains of N. Carolina and Tennessee at this time of year will be wonderful. Get in the slow lane and enjoy!
Exit 4 in Tennessee above Nashville just before the Kentucky line....has a great discount fabric store....worth the stop...it's in a purple building.
Go to Hancocks and only buy from the sale tables....then just look....great bakery downtown.....loads of vintage stores....lots of eye candy.
I've traveled many times with my hubby when the company was paying for the hotels....it's helped keep our marriage continue to be wonderful (44 years so far)....
Go girl go!!!