When we left Florida in mid-June, we knew that a heat dome was headed our way, and that we were going to be driving straight into it. We briefly debated rerouting our trip. But there wasn’t anywhere within a reasonable distance where we could escape the heat. “How bad can it be?” we asked each […]
Archive for Tennessee
The first of April, just ahead of the heat, humidity, and bugs, we left Florida and headed north. This is the first time that we’ll spend an entire year east of the Mississippi in our travels. We’ve looked forward to this adventure—which will take us all the way to the Maritimes—for years. To ease into our […]
After the languid Southern charms of Savannah and Charleston and the laid-back vibe of Asheville, Nashville was a bit of a shock. Brash, colorful, and loud, Nashville pulses day and night with the musical heartbeat that befits its title as Music City, USA. It was kind of overwhelming at first. It’s a big city, there’s […]
Given our love of music, Memphis has been on our short list of places to visit for several years now. In late fall, as we made our way to Florida for the winter, we stopped for three nights. From the birth of the blues in the early 1900’s to the emergence of rock ‘n’ roll […]
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