Red Bull and his hiking companions arrived at the Fontana Dam and Village today!
Mile 164.7-166.3 (12.8 + miles today).
The four of them are sharing a room at the Fontana Lodge. The cost includes boating on the lake, put-put golf, ladder ball, cookies and flavored water in the lobby, and smores kits. Great place for a zero day, which they will be taking tomorrow!
Below is an excerpt from Wikipedia explaining a bit of history concerning the village and lodge.
History
The town is based around the village built to support the dam construction from 1942-1944, so that the dam could produce electricity to power the ALCOA (ALuminum Company Of America) in nearby Alcoa, Tennessee which is a suburb of Knoxville, Tennessee. The company was producing aluminum to make military aircraft in the War. The cottages now rented out for visitors were employee houses. The dining hall is now a cafeteria and the commissary is now the village store. The old lodge was once a hospital and a school was also on the grounds. The children who grew up there during the dam construction times now have an association called "Dam Kids" and they keep in touch and have reunions.
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| Fontana Lodge Exterior |
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| Fontana Lodge Interior |
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