Ultimate Adventure 2022 Ep 3: Pisgah National Forest and a Spooky Penitentiary! | MotorTrend

Day 4 of Ultimate Adventure (UA) started with a bang … well, for at least one person on the trip. In the first ten miles of the day, Ian Johnson of FourWheeler TV fame locked up the 5.3-liter engine and/or roached the 4L60E transmission on the Chevy "Crawlerado" Colorado he recently completed for RealTruck. Fortunately, for 2022, Ultimate Adventure is being held relatively close to Ian's Big Tire Garage in Mount Pleasant, Tennessee.

After about twelve miles of pavement, the Ultimate Adventure crew dropped into the picturesque Pisgah National Forest and followed Hurricane Creek for approximately 18 miles. Next they passed Max Patch before returning to pavement and clocking off another 120 miles to Petros, Tennessee. Petros is home to the Brushy Mountain Penitentiary, which has been closed for the past five years and is now a museum. After a spooky tour of the prison, the group made its way to nearby Oliver Springs to camp at Windrock Park. A low country boil dinner was provided courtesy of Skyjacker and cooked by past UA participant Travis Farmer. With full stomachs, everyone set up camp for the night, excited to explore what Windrock has to offer on Day 5 of the Ultimate Adventure.

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[matthewtwright]

Seeing Fred and Dave on here makes me miss DED even more :(

[DeathRockRadioTampaFlorida]

Great to see the DED crew on the trail. This UA is friggin awesomeness

[thelonewrangler]

I've always been a jeep guy but that van is next level. It's like an off-road capable mini RV

[VitaliyLyamshin]

Dang, wheels/tire combos on these vehicles are worth more than my whole rig. Looks like a lot of fun!! Keep it up, guys!

[AUBREYTHOMAS]

"The Drone" .... this is the most Fred answer ever! Hahahahaha

[aguyinnc]

Since I am a Ford guy, my favorite is the green Ford truck. But hat's off to all the builders and their rigs, looks like they put alot of time and effort into getting their stuff ready. Glad to see Fred and Dave in there, miss DED, and glad to see Ian made it back. Thanks to everyone, like I mentioned, the video means alot to those of us that can never make this trip.

[CrazyWoody]

A bunch of buddies and I all loaded up and took our Gambler 500 cars down to Petros and went to Brushy Mountain back last year. It was a blast! Also not near as much of a trip for us, we just live about an hour away.

[butchgreene]

I took Hurricane Creek in a base 2005 Xterra on 33's. Wife & daughters were in tears at one point. It was in A LOT better shape than it is now.

[JohnAnderson-utbs]

i wish there was an ultimate adventure release every day of the year.

[randyjackson]

Visited the prison last year on a trip and it was the best part of our trip. And the moonshine they make is even better.

[Tysmopars]

Lol after you been to brushy a couple times it’s not creepy anymore 😅 I’ve been going up there since it was opened I’m only hour an half away so i go to concerts up there regularly it’s a cool place and Pete and his wife have been great people letting us camp

[burtonray]

I live right there in Haywood county, Hurricane creek. We always camped there and fourwheeled there all our lives.

[DownNDirty_OffRoad]

Hurricane Creak is a fun ride, been on it many times and videos to show for it!!

[Wrenchingandadventuring]

Dang I wish I could have come along this year. Was literally in my back yard.

[chrisrankin]

Had a uncle that worked and retired from the prison at brushy in the 60's to early 80s boy did he have some stories to tell.

[ADVENTURUSS]

Loved seeing you guys run through my part of NC!

[MrMrsregor]

Brushy mountain state penitentiary was in operation until 2009

[theLyzhendricks]

Sweet Ben waiting went back and watched 2020s episodes

[billyoliver]

Brushy is now a part of an event called Barkley Marathons. If you haven't seen it, Barkley Marathons : The race that eats is young, is a cool documentary to check out...even if you're not a runner. The race passes through the prison and is based on a famous escape (unsuccessful).

[ZombieWarningStation]

AaaaaWWWww! man soo sad was that the Glo best western in Asheville? Hurricane creek trail is 15 minutes from me how did I miss this!