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Hiking Pickett CCC Memorial State Park

WOW! Pickett was superb! I think this was the best state park we’ve visited this year. Everything we did on this visit was excellent. The 5 trails we hiked were all excellent with very interesting things to see all along the way (natural bridges, caves, streams, plants, mushrooms, waterfalls, ladders, etc.). The food was excellent …

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Sgt. Alvin C York State Historic Park (Pall Mall, TN)

We visited the home of a famous WWI hero from Tennessee. We toured a home gifted to him after the war, had a picnic at a gristmill on the river, and then went on a ranger-led auto tour of some important sites around his home. I didn’t know a lot about Alvin prior to visiting …

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Cordell Hull Birthplace State Park and Bunkum Cave

Cordell Hull was a famous Tennessee figure who was a lawyer and long-time politician. In this video, we visited his birthplace and I said lots of things (bad?) about lawyers and politicians. Sorry…not sorry! If you identify as either of these please skip this installment of the channel (or don’t and throw shade in the …

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Standing Stone State Park (Where’s The Stone!?!)

Our second TN state park where we couldn’t find the thing the park is named for!?! We eventually found the “standing stone”…IN ANOTHER TOWN?!? Tennessee summer heat was on full display while we were at Standing Stone which curtailed some of our plans. We visited another state park up the road (as planned) and took …

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Letting The Pastures Grow & Thistle Wars (DeanoFarms: Week 55)

We spent a decent amount of time and energy last year mowing the pastures (three times I think). I decided to take a different approach this year. The goal was 1) less work/time devoted to maintenance, 2) let some soil ‘build’ and 3) give natural habitat a chance to give some nature a home. I’m …

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Gran’s Family Trip @ Big East Fork Retreat (Williamson County, TN)

Gran got the whole family together for a staycation right down the road at Big East Fork Retreat (in Williamson County, TN). The house we stayed in was on a small-scale farm. We enjoyed the outdoors, games, the animals, good food, and nightly campfires. At some point, however, a 1,500-piece puzzle appeared and sent me …

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Kayaking and Hiking at Big Hill Pond State Park – Pocahontas, TN

We commuted into the far reaches of TN for a day of kayaking, hiking, and exploring a very nice Tennessee State Park. We barely saw anyone the entire day as we kayaked on the huge lake, explored the swampy Big Hill Pond, hiked a half-mile boardwalk into a swamp, and then up a tower overlooking …

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Bitcoin’s Big Events Timeline (i.e. Things I Think Mattered Most)

Future Events I’m Watching (As Of 9/7/23) 0 – Current Events (2023 YTD) 1 – Second Largest Global Crypto Exchange Collapses 2 – Crypto Industry Collapses 3 – 2021 Bull #2 – More Institutions, Sovereigns, And Regulators Weigh In (7/21 – 11/21) 4 – 2021 Bear – Sovereign Nations Weigh In (5/21 – 7/21) 5 …

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Shiloh National Military Park – Shiloh, TN and Corinth, MS

We toured Shiloh National Military Park in Shiloh, TN. I’m a decently technical guy but the combination of a Federal government-produced (?!?) map/audio tour app and limited cell phone data access had us scrambling the entire 13-mile/22-stop tour (err 23 if you made the map not match the app…which they did do). Regardless, we learned …

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