Unlike any other American downtown From the outside, Chicago may look like any typical large city with skyscrapers pressed up against a body of water, in this case, Lake Michigan. There are a couple of tall buildings that standout and a couple of uniquely designed buildings that draw your eye, but from a distance,...
April 11, 2022 We stopped in Indianapolis for the night with plans to explore the downtown area for a few hours before heading to Chicago. Our plans were slightly delayed when not 2 seconds after packing our last item into the truck, it started downpouring and reducing visibility to four feet. We waited out...
April 10, 2022 We left Gatlinburg, TN mid-morning and raced our way through Tennessee and across Kentucky to Louisville where we stopped for a couple of hours to quickly explore the town. We walked around downtown and took pictures at the Louisville Slugger headquarters in front of their giant baseball bat. We then walked...
April 7 – 10, 2022 We left Nashville on April 7th and arrived at Great Smoky Mountains National Park at around 6:30 pm local time. We immediately drove up to Newfound Gap where we hiked on the Appalachian Trail and entered North Carolina. Our trip to the Great Smoky Mountains perfectly coincided with a...
Below is a short list of other parts of Nashville that we visited or enjoyed that I failed to give much attention to in previous posts. Belmont University, with its neoclassical architecture style, was the location of two presidential debates (2008 & 2020). Walking down Music Row past all of the recording studios was...
One thing Cynthia and I quickly discovered, which continued to astound us throughout our time in Nashville, were the number of immaculate neighborhoods with magnificent and beautifully designed homes. It seemed that no matter what direction we randomly drove in, we would find ourselves in the middle of a picture-perfect neighborhood with enormous homes...
March 27, 2022 Itching to get out of the town and see some nature, we decided to check out a couple of water falls after reading about the dozens of accessible waterfalls Tennessee has to offer. A little over an hour out of town, our first stop was at Cummins Falls State Park where...
March 18, 2022 We took a drive out to Andrew Jackson’s Hermitage and toured his mansion and plantation. Our tour guide was in full costume from Jackson’s era and provided a very thorough account of all the major events that occurred in Jackson’s lifetime and was very knowledgeable of all his possessions. Prior to...
March 13, 2022 Two days after it snowed four inches we decided to go explore downtown Nashville and see if it really deserves the moniker Nashvegas (I guess some people are trying to call it that). To be fair, we were there midday on a Sunday in early March with temps in the high...
Nashville’s Parthenon in Centennial Park We arrived at our house in Nashville in the evening, just as the sun was setting and proceeded to unload and unpack our things. After getting some dinner at a nearby Chinese restaurant, we discovered that we were not more than 3 minutes away from one of Nashville’s main...
