Kayak to Nickajack Bat Cave
My friend Melissa had given me a gift certificate to a website where you can choose experiences around the country, and I’d been saving it for something good. I think I found it in our …
Category: Nature
Ruby Falls
Ruby Falls is a 145-foot waterfall located about half a mile inside a cave in Lookout Mountain, Tennessee. The original entrance to Lookout Mountain Cave was sealed off in 1905 when the Southern Railroad Company …
Rock City, Tennessee (Or Is it Georgia?)
The Rock City website declares “Fall in Love with Tennessee’s #1 Attraction!” Is it supposed to be ironic? Or are they taking shots at Tennessee’s tourism industry? You see, Rock City is located in Lookout …
University of Tennessee Gardens, Knoxville
The UT (University of Tennessee) Gardens in Knoxville, Tenn., were an unexpected delight. In fact, I’d say that they are one of the best free gardens I’ve seen. They had so much variety, even in …
Skyline Drive in Shenandoah National Park
We drove about 35 miles of Skyline Drive in Shenandoah National Park so we could visit Rapidan Camp (we actually drove it twice, since our first scheduled tour was canceled, but we didn’t know until …
Museum of the Shenandoah Valley
The Museum of the Shenandoah Valley (MSV) was an unexpected delight. We went more because the reviews were very good as opposed to thinking that it sounded like fun. And while the museum turned out …
Luray Caverns
Visiting Luray Caverns in Luray, Va., had me thinking of the line delivered by Randal Graves in Clerks: “This job would be great if it wasn’t for the [bleeping] customers.” For Luray Caverns would be …
The North Carolina Arboretum
The North Carolina Arboretum, just southwest of Asheville, was a disappointment to me; I was worried that I was getting a little snobbish on this topic, so I gave it a really good effort, walking …
Atlanta Botanical Garden
I discovered how to get Doug to a botanical garden as a willing participant – trolls! The Atlanta Botanical Garden (ABG) has an exhibition of Thomas Dambo trolls through September 17th, so we decided to …
Select Sites in North Carolina
Doug and I had both listened to Driving While Black: African American Travel and the Road to Civil Rights by Gretchen Sullivan Sorin. The book was eye-opening and heartbreaking, to say the least. It tells …