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Tennessee

Travel

Ol’ Rocky Top Has an Unusual History

As we drove up the hill to the campground we passed a sign for Rocky Top TN so I immediately broke into song.   As a child of the 70s, I was as shocked that Doug didn’t know the song…

Travel

The Serenity of the Natchez Trace Parkway

We had planned to drive the Natchez Trace Parkway from Natchez MS all the way to Nashville, but a 2-week northern Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee detour was required to avoid tornados in the area (post here). We finally got…

Scenic Cycling Travel

Storm Runners (or Hitch, Pucker, and Peel)

We had planned to follow a National Parks parkway called the Natchez Trace out of New Orleans (prior post here) that runs nearly all the way north to another city known for its musical roots, Nashville. Unfortunately, a severe…