by Deonne Kahler | Apr 1, 2014 | Travel
If you’re at all interested in country music, you have to stop at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville and take the tour. What surprised me the most was how communal it felt. Only a couple of the dressing rooms have their own bathrooms, for example, and everyone else...
by Deonne Kahler | Apr 1, 2014 | Travel
Pigeon Forge is the gateway to the Great Smoky Mountains in Tennessee, and to say that the two places are different is an understatement. The Great Smokies are these beautiful natural wonderlands, while Pigeon Forge looks like God threw up signs and parking lots. But...
by Deonne Kahler | Apr 1, 2014 | Travel
The Pink Palace Museum is housed in what was the home/mansion of the founder of the Piggly Wiggly grocery store chain. (I know it seems strange to have the words museum and Piggly Wiggly in the same sentence, but go with it.) The Palace features a natural history...
by Deonne Kahler | Apr 1, 2014 | Travel
I planned my visit to Tennessee in March assuming it would be warm and lushly green, based on intensive research of historical data. (Meaning I looked at Weather.com once and noted that the season would change from winter to spring during my trip.) Much to my...
by Deonne Kahler | Apr 1, 2014 | Travel
I’m back, after 4300 miles and almost three weeks on the road. A big part of exploring any place is the food, and I had four or five good barbecue meals on my Southern swing. Because what’s the South without barbecue? (Okay fine, there’s also the...
by Deonne Kahler | Apr 1, 2014 | Travel
I didn’t know what to expect with Graceland, and I was pleasantly surprised. Elvis paid $100,000 for the property in the ’50s, and when you see it now it’s decorated as he left it in when he died in 1977. Which is to say AWESOME. Even if it’s...
