Category: USA
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Timpanogos Mountain {Utah}
We took a short drive from my mom’s house up Provo Canyon. We turned up towards Sundance Ski Resort and continued up the road to Aspen Grove. This is the back side of Mount Timpanogos and is absolutely stunning. I have hiked these trails and made this drive up the canyon hundreds of times in…
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Salt Lake City International Airport {Utah}
I have spent a lot of time in and out of the Salt Lake City airport in my life. I knew my way around that airport like I lived there. So imagine my surprise a few years ago when they announced that they were going to update the airport into something more modern. And so…
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The Alamo {Texas}
San Antonio is home to five old missions…but by far the most popular and well remembered is The Alamo. This was originally known as Misión San Antonio de Valero and it was designed as a Spanish mission, serving those as missionaries bringing Christianity to the area. The mission became a working school offering education to…
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Overlook Trail- Warriors Path State Park {Tennessee}
On our way home from the weekend, we decided to make a quick stop at Warriors Path State Park for a short walk to break up the drive. This state park is smaller than some of the other parks that we have been to. The main draw is the access to the lake and the…
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The Sessions Hotel {Virginia}
For our weekend away, we stayed in The Sessions Hotel and I would absolutely recommend it. This once factory turned hotel is themed in the late 1920s/early 1930s music scene. This hotel is a tribute to the The Bristol Sessions where artists came to record their music for the first time onto records and played…
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Whites Mill and Mercentile {Virginia}
We found ourselves in the small town of Abingdon, Virginia and took a small windy road up to see Whites Mill. This beautiful old grain mill in listed on the Historic Sites register. Take a look into the past at the massive undertaking it was to create flour, cornmeal, etc by grinding grains with giant…
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Midsummer Night’s Dream Statue {Virginia}
On our second day in Southern Virginia, we went to the small town of Abingdon to see the beautiful statue of Midsummer Night’s Dream. This fanciful statue plays tribute to the magic and mysticism of Shakespeare’s play by the same name. Created by the talented artist Charles Vess, this statue brings you right into the…
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Birthplace of Country Music Museum {Virginia}
You absolutely cannot go to Bristol without checking out the Birthplace of Country Music Museum. This museum is a gem and well worth the time to explore. This museum is dedicated to the 10 day recording sessions where music artists from across the country and across all the genres of the time came together to…
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Roan Mountain State park {Tennessee}
One of the state parks that we have been most looking forward to seeing is Roan Mountain State Park. And being in the northeast corner of the state this weekend made for a perfect opportunity to go and see it. As usual, we started at the visitor center to get a park map to figure…
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Bristol {Tennessee & Virginia}
Bristol is a city that sits right on the border between Tennessee and Virginia. As you walk down main street, depending which side of the street you are on determines which states you are currently in. But the thing that really put this town on the map was an event called The Bristol Sessions. In…