Tag: Middle Tennessee
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Arrington Vineyards: A Relaxing Wine Country Escape Near Nashville {Tennessee}
Looking for a peaceful escape from downtown Nashville? Discover Arrington Vineyards, where award-winning wines, rolling hills, live music, and picnic spots make for the perfect afternoon in Middle Tennessee.
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Discovering Wat Lao Buddharam: A Hidden Cultural Gem {Tennessee}
Tucked away in Murfreesboro, Wat Lao Buddharam offers visitors a peaceful glimpse into Laotian culture through beautiful architecture, quiet temple grounds, and welcoming community traditions.
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Exploring Old Stone Fort State Park in the Fall {Tennessee}
We finally discovered one of the closest state parks to our home at Old Stone Fort State Park, where ancient earthworks, historic ruins, a winding river, and colorful Tennessee fall foliage made for a beautiful day of exploring.
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Leaving Pennies at the Stones River National Cemetery {Tennessee}
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. In the last days of December 1862, the two…
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Lost Creek Trail- Tims Ford State Park {Tennessee}
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…
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Jack Daniels Distillery {Tennessee}
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…
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David Crockett State Park {Tennessee}
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…
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Travis Hollow Bridge Trail- Tims Ford State Park {Tennessee}
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…
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Edgar Evins State Park {Tennessee}
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…
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Hidden Springs Trail- Cedars of Lebanon State Park {Tennessee}
This last Friday, the president of the university that I work at declared a campus wide mental health day for all students and employees. So with an unexpected, and greatly appreciated, day off work I decided to begin the random vacation with a visit to Cedars of Lebanon State Park. It is not very often…