"Let us go on and take the adventures that shall fall to us." ~C.S. Lewis
Happy First Day of October! I'm always so glad when summer gives way to the cooler, colorful joys of fall. Fall is my favorite season and I love that here in Tennessee it is a much more gradual and longer season than the quick flash of a few weeks that is in Utah. With October [...]
We spent a rainy morning walking through the Stones River National Battlefield and National Cemetery. This field is where one of the worst battles of the American Civil War was fought. The Union army was losing the war, they had been defeated over and over again. But in the last days of December 1862 the [...]
I made it home from Israel and have been getting back into the regular flow of things at home. And nothing helps fight jet lag better than some fresh air and sunshine, so we made our way to our favorite state park to explore another wonderful trail. We decided to take the Lost Creek Trail [...]
One of the most well known items to come from Tennessee is whiskey. There are a lot of whiskey companies that are here in Tennessee. But the one that really staked the claim on whiskey is none other than the world famous Jack Daniels. And whether you partake or not of this drink, visiting the [...]
We finally got our Tennessee state park passport book! After a year of seeing as many of the state parks as we could, now we'll have to go back through and see them again so we can get the official stamp in our book. So we started out our goal with a visit to Radnor [...]
Originally the plan was for us to drive to Missouri to have a day at Silver Dollar City with my in-laws, but instead they decided to come here so they could help us work on our garden. Having them here meant Brad and I could go on a date and there is no better place [...]
This weekend's state park adventure is brought to you by Davy Crockett- legendary folk hero, frontiersman, soldier, politician, defender of The Alamo, and purveyor of animal skin clothing- who was considered the 'King of the Wild Frontier'. He gained a reputation for his larger than life adventures and as those stories were then put into [...]
There is nothing better than an evening walk in the spring of Tennessee, especially if it is at one of the state's beautiful state parks. For this evening's walk, we made our way south to Tims Ford State Park. We love this park because of all the trails that weave around the many hands and [...]
Our Tennessee state park list has another one ticked off...Montgomery Bell State Park. This park is located just west of Nashville and is so lovely. We loved the winding road in the hills and through the trees. As per usual, we started off at the visitor center to use the restrooms and get a park [...]
With the beautiful warm weather this weekend, we spent most of the time outside in our yard planting some trees and getting the ground ready for flowers. But after our yardwork, we needed a walk and decided on a visit to a new state park and made our way to Edgar Evins State Park. This [...]