"Let us go on and take the adventures that shall fall to us." ~C.S. Lewis
I work at a university with international students. I had one student ask me if I would be taking them on a tour of all 50 states while they were here for the semester. I had to break it to him that the US is far too big to cover all the states in just [...]
It was a perfect day with blue skies and mild temperatures. But instead of spending the day outdoors, we decided to go underground with a tour of Mammoth Cave National Park. Mammoth Cave is the world's longest cave system stretching over nearly 53,000 acres of land. Mammoth Cave became a national park in July 1941. [...]
Without question one of the country's best known party towns is New Orleans. This riotous town is full to the brim with intriguing places, cultural interests, and fantastic food. It really feels like you've stepped into a different world there. My day started out at the cemetery. (What, you mean you don't start any city [...]
One of my favorite things in this small corner of the internet that I've claimed is that moment of excitement when I have been to a place that another blogger has been to. These moments of a shared location just seem to connect us through time and space. The Ryman Auditorium is one such place [...]
This last weekend my friends were in town and we spent and we went all over Nashville seeing all the sights we could squeeze into a couple of days. We did some touristy things, we saw some historic places, and ate some classic Southern food. One of the favorite parts of the weekend was a [...]
We've been sticking closer to home lately and not venturing off to neighboring states on the weekends. We decided to go up to the Frist Art Museum in Nashville and see what they had to offer for a day out. I'm not much for art museums. While I love art history, wandering through an art [...]
Tennessee is known for a lot of things, but of any of them probably the most sought after item to come out of the state is the Goo Goo Cluster. These tasty treats were America's first combination candy bar and have been hitting the sweet tooth for a hundred years. Goo Goo Clusters (photo: qvc.com) [...]
Just outside of Nashville, in the beautiful area of Franklin and tucked away from the main roads, is Arrington Vineyards. We had family in town and decided on a picnic here at the vineyard and we could not have found a more perfect place to enjoy a summer day. All through Nashville you can find [...]
I love when you discover some interesting part of your city that you never knew existed. This was the case as we were driving around the city and happened upon a Laotian Buddhist temple. We've lived here for 2 years- how did we not know this was here? We pulled into the parking lot and [...]
I have had a lot of road trips throughout my life. Up one coast, down the other, and through the middle in every which way- these road trips have taken me all over the place. In all of these road trips there are of course the places you purposefully go to, but there are also [...]