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@Tennessee ... Nashville - 5 days and 1840 miles

10/17/2018

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Nashville has been on Ginger's bucket list for some time. We planned on exploring one or two state parks on the way to Mt. Juliet where we rented a great little cottage on a farm named Rockhaven Cabins. This was our home base, and from there we mapped out our sight-seeing and travels.

Daytime and nighttime sight-seeing was in order (along with one or two photos along the way - lol). The Grand Ole Opry did not have any shows planned but we did have an opportunity to sneak a peek inside and outside. No indoor pics allowed. Nighttime was reserved for city photos and walking Broadway 'in the lights'. We were surprised how busy Nashville was and very pleased the overall city was clean (not like New Orleans). 

During the day we identified nighttime photo ops and found the TV show store Antique Archeology. Buses lined up to have visitors see the old stuff. We walked and it was a good 3+ miles round trip (Ginger's shins are still sore!). 

To remind each other of the shared memories and talking points for this trip, I captured each others 'take-aways' so we can reminisce some day when we are old. They are: chilly mornings; cozy shower (I almost fit); mountains and not speed bumps; a fully equipped and comfortable cabin; horses right next to cabin, steep climbs for seeing waterfalls; beautiful sky and nighttime lighting for photos; ROKU and Google TV with all channels; very comfortable bed; rolling interstate roads; cars travel at 75-80 mph on interstate; Bar B Q dinner; beautiful trails in state parks; and most importantly - not rushed and we set our own pace.


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@Nashville

10/16/2018

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​Nashville, Tennessee Oct 2018 ... 5 days and 1840 miles
Nashville has been on Ginger's bucket list for some time. Our travel plans 'to' Tennessee included exploring the first of several state parks. Our destination was Mt. Juliet, about 20 minutes from downtown Nashville. The lodging was a very nice cabin at Rockhaven Cabins. This was our home base, and from there we mapped out our sight-seeing and travels.

Daytime and nighttime sight-seeing was in order (along with one or two photos along the way - lol). The Grand Ole Opry did not have any shows planned but we did have an opportunity to sneak a peek inside and outside. No indoor pics allowed. Nighttime was reserved for city photos and walking Broadway 'in the lights'. We were surprised how busy Nashville was and very pleased the overall city was clean (not like New Orleans). 

During the day we identified nighttime photo ops and found the TV show store Antique Archeology. Buses lined up to have visitors see the old stuff. We walked and it was a good 3+ miles round trip (Ginger's shins are still sore!). 

To remind each other of the shared memories and talking points for this trip, I captured each others 'take-aways' so we can reminisce some day when we are old. They are: chilly mornings; cozy shower (I almost fit); mountains and not speed bumps; a fully equipped and comfortable cabin; horses right next to cabin, steep climbs for seeing waterfalls; beautiful sky and nighttime lighting for photos; ROKU and Google TV with all channels; very comfortable bed; rolling interstate roads; cars travel at 75-80 mph on interstate; Bar B Q dinner; beautiful trails in state parks; and most importantly - not rushed and we set our own pace.

See more photos .. Nashville, Tennessee
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@Georgia - in search of property

10/16/2018

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Northern Georgia has beautiful landscape and some of the better waterfalls east of the Mississippi. So with camera and a Google map of a waterfall one day route in hand, we jump in the car (with 2 days planning) and take off for Georgia. We are not sure how much we can see, but we have always been 'get-r-done' travelers - decide what we want to see and see it and head home - this trip was no exception. The travel north went extremely well and before we knew it we were visiting the town of Dahlonega. We toured the town briefly seeing many shops, the Gold Museum and more, but our stomachs were aching for a nice casual Southern-style dinner which we enjoyed at The Historic Smith House Inn (which had a once active gold vein). We had fried chicken, ham, creamed corn, steak in gravy, mashed potatoes, green beans, and the best collard greens I can recall.

The next morning we took off on our 200 mile/one day waterfalls journey. The falls were flowing, and the leaves were golden throughout our route. We were able to see 5-6 falls (one we could noy find with cellualr service frequently out due to mountain terrain. At Talluhla Falls State Park we started together but then learned that in order to see the entire falls you had to walk down ... and back up over 600 steps! I took the challenge, made it down and on the way up, missed the waterfall crossing bridge path and wound up on the other side of the ravine almost 2 miles from the car. 

The trip was great and we saw farms, private mountain lakes with mega mansions along one lane dirt roads and lots more). We plan to return to more casually explore the town of Helen, a Georgia wineries and more on our way to and from Tennessee and Opryland in the spring of 2017.
(Notes: Boarding School, China Express, Dirt Roads, Hiking Trails, 13,200 steps)

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