Left Iron Horse Lodge at Setcoah for the trip home. I got lost again. I intended to get on 74 and turn to the right, taking me southwest to Murphy and homeward bound. Well, I turned right, but I should have made a left first, at Lower Stecoah Road and 28. Map of Highway 28
Anyway, I turned right on 28, thinking I was on 74. I began to think something was wrong when the curves started to tighten again, and the road was rising in elevation instead of descending. I passed a big lake on my right and the road was getting steeper and the turns scarier. I finally stopped at a gas station (the only one for miles) and asked for directions. I was shocked when the girl pointed at the map where we were. I was at Fontana, heading towards Deals Gap and the Dragon! I was about six or seven miles from the Dragon, but the road was already getting scary.
So I turned back and retraced my route, and finally got to Robbinsville, where I stopped for lunch. I knew I could find my way back from there