South Cumberland State Park, Grundy County, TN
South Cumberland State Park lies in rural Tennessee near 1-24 between Nashville and Chattanooga. The park's 31,000 acres on top of the Cumberland Plateau spans four counties: Franklin, Marion, Grundy,…
24 Hours in Nashville
We wanted a quick getaway and since Nashville is only about a 4-hour drive, it was the perfect choice. Because of other commitments, we weren’t able to get up there until Saturday afternoon. It turned out to be a good thing as Vanderbilt’s Homecoming football game against University of Georgia was earlier that day so we didn’t have to fight traffic and crowds.
The Hermitage – Home of President Andrew Jackson
The Hermitage – the sprawling plantation of 7th U.S. President Andrew Jackson lies on the eastern outskirts of Nashville. The visitor center had a large exhibit called Andrew Jackson: Born for a Storm. In it we learned all about Jackson’s meager beginnings to becoming a large plantation owner, his political career and his role in the War of 1812 – especially in the Battle of New Orleans. (more…)
Downtown Memphis
18 Hours in Memphis
It was the last leg of our Mother-Daughter trip. We had spent one night in Louisville, one night in St. Louis and our third and final destination before going home was Memphis.
Two years prior to this trip, I had taken my other daughter, Thing 1, to a relative’s 90th birthday party in Memphis. On that trip, we spent one day at the family reunion and the other at the Memphis Zoo. Thing 2 also wanted to explore Memphis, but because we’d seen the St. Louis Zoo, she wanted to see something different from the zoo. (more…)
Louisville, St. Louis & Memphis Itinerary
It was spring break and we had nowhere to go. At that time, my elementary school-age children were in two different schools with two different spring breaks. Thing 2 wanted to go somewhere for just a few days. We got out the Atlas. She wanted to go to Arkansas. I wanted to go to Missouri. We ended up doing a really fun trip to Mammoth Cave NP, Louisville, St. Louis and driving through northwestern Arkansas to Memphis – all in four days.
Thursday
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