I was tagging along with Doug Mills (long time WBIR employee on the Heartland Series) Wednesday, and he was on a little outing to gather video clips of the Obed Wild and Scenic River Valley. Accompanying us was David McCarthy, a student in Bill Landry's Media Production Class at RSCC.

Bill has assigned each student a "place to see" in Roane and surrounding counties to help promote the area to visitors coming to the planned TDOT Trailhead that will eventually be located in the Princess Theater lobby.

The students are to make a 3-minute video promoting their chosen area to run "on loop" in this kiosk.

David wanted to promote the Obed River area, so we were off to the valleys near Wartburg. We visited the Lilly Access and Lilly Bluff Overlook, and the Nemo Access area. It was a great time on a beautiful spring-like day.

At Nemo, the Emory runs under both bridges (old and new) after combining with Clear Creek and the Obed just upstream. Below the dam, the Nemo Rapids force a 90 degree turn and then back again south before flowing on to Oakdale and Harriman.

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