Burgess Falls State Park 2.0! We’ve visited this magnificent Tennessee waterfall from the top several times (on foot). We’ve never kayaked to it to see it from the bottom. At 136 feet tall (and at least that wide) it is absolutely beautiful. It has to be among the top waterfalls in Tennessee. It is a …
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We spent a full day chasing every ride at the best of the DisneyWorld theme parks, Magic Kingdom. I know it is the best because it had one of the best rides ever (Splash Mountain RIP) and because they sell Orange Fanta / Dole Whip Floats. Since I had two of those in our day …
We spent a day with Emmaline and Zach at Animal Kingdom. It had been a few years since we’d been there. Adult Disney with adult children is still fun (maybe more fun)! We also explored the real Florida kingdom on its oldest scenic boat tour (in Winter Park).
We spent a day waterfall hunting at Virgin Falls State Natural Area. It was a long day of hiking (10+ miles and 30k+ steps). It was worth every step, however. Tons of water was flowing across all four of the waterfalls we visited. My favorite waterfall wasn’t even Virgin Falls. The water in the creek …
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Frozen Head State Park was our second-to-last TN state park. It has been on my list for a while (since it is a hiker’s state park). It has about 50 miles of hiking trails. We knocked out 20 miles of those while there. It also was towards the end of the Tennessee state park list …
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The Barkley Marathon is a secret 100-mile ultramarathon race at Tennessee’s Frozen Head State Park each year. They do 5 20-mile loops (with 10,000+ feet of elevation gain per loop) within 60 hours. Very few humans have ever finished the race in its 38-year history. We tried to do 1 (one/uno) loop (1 fifth of …
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I visited The Art Institute of Chicago while in town for a concert. They have over 300,000 works of art. Here are my favorite 100!
It had been 23 years since my college roommate, Brent, and I had seen one of our favorite bands, ORBITAL. I know you’ve never heard of them. That doesn’t change the fact that they are the best in the game. We headed to Chicago to see 1 of 2 shows they did in the US. …
We’ve been to Memphis before, but it has been a while! We met Preston for a Grizzlies game. I’m not a huge basketball fan but 1) it was fun and 2) I’ll use any excuse to eat at Rendezvous. We hit a few other Memphis favorites while in town (Beale Street, Bass Pro Shop @ …
Our trip back home was cursed from the second we left the prior campground in Hot Springs, AR. The bad luck lasted all the way through our time at T.O. Fuller State Park in Memphis. We stayed at this state park while we explored around Memphis. We wound up cutting our losses to beat the …
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