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Downtown Memphis

18 Hours in Memphis

Post author:Rebecca
Post published:June 14, 2013
Post category:Tennessee Travel
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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…)

Gateway Arch, St. Louis, MO

Less Than 24 Hours in St. Louis

Post author:Rebecca
Post published:May 14, 2013
Post category:Missouri National Parks Travel
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I had never been to Missouri. As Thing 2 and I planned out our mother-daughter trip, I said I wanted to visit one of the handful of states I’d never seen. Missouri was one of those states.

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24 Hours in Kentucky – Mammoth Cave National Park & Louisville

Post author:Rebecca
Post published:April 14, 2013
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We started our Mother-Daughter trip by first going up to Louisville, KY. Since we were literally planning this trip two days beforehand, we had little time for extensive tourist research. I also have to say up front that I can’t find about half of the pictures we took.

We did notice Mammoth Cave National Park was on the way so we booked tickets for a guided cave tour. Again, I wanted to go there, but not actually go in a cave. Thing 2 convinced me otherwise. We bought our tickets online for the 1:00 Historic Cave Tour. The next morning we left Atlanta around 6 am so we’d get there about an hour before the tour began.

Mammoth Cave National Park

Gathering with the group outside the visitor center, the park rangers explained that parts of the tour could be claustrophobic. In actuality, it really wasn’t claustrophobic at all. They went into detail that there would be a few tight squeezes, but it was well-lit inside. Thing 2 and I stayed near the front of the 40 or so people. The other guide was trained to get people out of there if they had any problems. (more…)

Louisville, St. Louis & Memphis Itinerary

Post author:Rebecca
Post published:April 12, 2013
Post category:Kentucky Missouri National Parks State Parks Tennessee Trip Itineraries Trip Report
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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.

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