Category: USA
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Historic Cave Tour- Mammoth Cave National Park {Kentucky}
This weekend took us up to the beautiful Mammoth Cave National Park. This is the longest cave system in the world and it has been drawing the curious explorers for over 4,000 years. Established as a national park in 1941, a world heritage site in 1981, and an international biosphere reserve in 1990. Is it…
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Deer Trail- Long Hunter State Park {Tennessee}
We spent Sunday afternoon enjoying the bright loveliness of Long Hunter State Park. This state park is just outside of the Nashville area and is a very popular destination. Sitting next to the Percy Priest Lake it offers a wide variety of trails to walk and access points to the water. We decided to do…
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Lodge Cast Iron Factory Store {Tennessee}
If there is one thing I’ve learned in cooking, is that most things taste far better if cooked in cast iron. There is just something that cast iron does to food…particularly great Southern comfort food…that takes it to a whole new level of deliciousness. On our way back from Chattanooga, we stopped in the small…
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Booker T. Washington State Park {Tennessee}
This weekend we drove down to Chattanooga and drove through the beautiful downtown area. After stopping by a favorite Mediterranean restaurant for lunch, we then made our way out of town to check out a new state park. There are two state parks right by each other in this area, but for this trip we…
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Crazy Horse Memorial & Indian Museum of North America {South Dakota}
In the black hills of South Dakota, nearby Mount Rushmore, is the Crazy Horse Memorial. This impressive memorial is a depiction of an Oglala Lakota war leader, Crazy Horse, who stood against the federal government and their encroachments on Native American territories. He is considered one of the most notable Native Americans in history. This…
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Radnor Lake State Park {Tennessee}
We had all kinds of plans of things we wanted to do this weekend, but then they didn’t work out because of the weather. But we did find our way to Radnor Lake, just outside of Nashville, and enjoyed a lovely rainy afternoon walking the trails of the park. We made our way around the…
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Alyeska Resort {Alaska}
On my list of greatest places that I have had the opportunity to stay- Alyeska would definitely make the top of the list. This incredible resort is the perfect place to stay, no matter the season, for an unforgettable experience. When I was there it was wintertime before the skiing/snowmobiling season had started and it…
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Henry Horton State Park {Tennessee}
When we moved to Tennessee, we purchased a number of books about where to go and what to see. One of our favorite Tennessee books was all about the different scenic drives you can take around the state and the points of interest with each drive. We decided to take the drive closest to our…
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Narrows of the Harpeth- Harpeth River State Park {Tennessee}
Long weekends are the best! Especially when you have family in town and you take them to see a new state park. We made our way to Harpeth River State Park for a day of easy hiking and beautiful views. This state park is a large, linear state park that is actually made up of…
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Christmas Place {Tennessee}
I don’t know why, but around Pigeon Forge there are a lot of Christmas stores. And although there are so many, there is one that stand above the rest and is the absolute best place to get in the spirit of Christmas all year long and that is the Christmas Place. We wandered through this…