On our second day in East Tennessee, we visited Sycamore Shoals State Historic Park in Elizabethton, TN. They have an exhibit, a recreated version of Fort Watauga, and a trail along the beautiful Watauga River. While in Elizabethton we also went to see the covered bridge, Carter Mansion (oldest frame house in TN), and Sabine …
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We started our week in east Tennesse by hiking Roan Mountain (the sixth highest peak in Tennessee). From Carver’s Gap we hiked on the Appalachian Trail to the Roan High Knob shelter. The summit of Roan High Knob (6285 ft.) was the highest point of our week. Then we headed to Cloudland Mountain (where an …
Emily’s Dad (Hogdaddy/007) came up with a little better birthday present for Emily this year than I did?!? I got to help him orchestrate his big surprise, however. We pulled it off and she was totally surprised! I filmed the entire event as he gave her his 1968 Ford Bronco that he’s had (and nicely …
I went solo backpacking on a 13-mile hike and camped overnight alone in the Wildcat Shelter at Montgomery Bell State Park. It was my first time overnight camping in the woods. It was also my first time doing it all alone. I survived by drinking from streams, eating with a toilet trowel, producing fire from …
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Our boys day at Pop’s farm had us burning lots of gas and ammo!
I’ve been posting videos for about a year and recently crossed 50,000 views. It is the perfect time to review some of the funniest comments I’ve received from YouTube commenters so far. Some Haters in here! Deano don’t care!
We rode bikes on the Cumberland River Bicentennial Trail. It is just up River Road in Ashland City, TN. It is a rails to trails conversion that runs alongside the Cumberland River with an awesome bridge. Oh…and I almost lost my drone (because I didn’t check the wind conditions). That was a fun near heart …
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We went to Montgomery Bell State Park to hike and bike. The boys joined us. We biked on a few of the trails on the extensive mountain bike trail network. We hiked to all three of the lakes on the 3700-acre property. We also saw all the iron ore pits from when was mining was …
We joined up with the extended family in Vero Beach, Florida for the back half of our Spring Break. We did a lot of eating (that was the main priority actually). When not stuffing ourselves we played PG-13+ rated games, hit the beach, went on boat rides, and explored up and down the coast to …
We ditched the car to explore the Scenic Road Loop of Fall Creek Falls State Park via bike. Biking is better than driving…always!
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