See Rock City barns; they are a collector’s item - Elizabethton Star

See Rock City barns; they are a collector’s item - Elizabethton Star

BY SEAN DIETRICH Interstate 59 shot past our windows like a streak of pigeon excrement on a commercial airline windshield. We crossed into Tennessee, heading northward to New Jersey. The radio played Jerry Reed, and I was busy counting barns. A barn in the distance. Overgrown with fairytale weeds. Freshly painted. Its rooftop, all black, with bold white letters reading: “See Rock City.” And I felt a warm smile playing at the corners of my mouth.…