Driving through southwest Virginia you’ll likely run across signs that reference the Crooked Road. The Crooked Road is a 300+ mile route that connects 9 major venues and 60 smaller ones that celebrate the heritage of Appalachian music, old-time…
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It’s always great when you can get away for longer, but in just 2-3 days it’s possible to get a feel for Asheville’s culture and experience what makes this city so special. DAY 1: BLUE RIDGE PARKWAY Getting to…
The Great Smoky Mountains transition almost seamlessly into the Blue Ridge Mountains. From our perspective, the main difference was placement of the road. While in the Great Smoky Mountains most of the roads wind through tall, lush green trees…
We spent part of my December 2021 birthday weekend planning the first half of our east coast trip with only one requirement – to make it to Washington DC by the second or third week of May to meet…
Did you know that the human eye can distinguish more shades of green than any other color? This is because while blue is at the bottom of our wavelength range, and red is at the top, green is in…
Photo above courtesy of Ray Hennessy on Unsplash ROUTE UPDATE HERE Early in the year we posted our planned route through May of 2022 (link here). Well, its time we updated you with some exciting news. We’ve decided head…
I saw an announcement that one of my favorite comedians, Taylor Tomlinson, was going to be in Knoxville and the tickets were inexpensive (by California standards) so I grabbed a couple, leaving poor Doug to sort out the other…
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…
Ahhhh Kentucky – known for the Kentucky Derby, bourbon, KFC, and Daniel Boone. We’d enjoyed bourbon in Louisville, thoroughbreds and Derby winners in Lexington, and now it was time to complete the other Kentucky items on our list as…
Lexington KY is home to the Kentucky Horse Park. Before you stop reading, I don’t know my Fox Trotter from my Appaloosa! I was never one of those 13-year-old girls with a room full of plastic ponies (in fact…
