Alex Hawker 
Two years ago, during November 2025, my wife and I took our two boys to see the A Charlie Brown Christmas-themed ICE! Sculpture display at Gaylord Opryland Resort in Nashville. We will share more about ICE, because that was also awesome, soon! Suffice it to say that our hours spent at Gaylord Opryland in conjunction … Read more
The main reason is that Murfreesboro is about 30 miles from Nashville and we have little reason to book a hotel when going to the city. But, my wife and I made an exception in July of 2025. So in July 2025, my wife & I opted to bring our two boys, then 8 & … Read more
And on that same day trip we made to Lookout Mountain a week earlier (in September) of that same year (2025) and when we rode up on the Lookout Mountain Incline Railway, my family and I also went somewhere totally different too too – 260 feet into the heart of Lookout Mountain to Ruby Falls. … Read more
Chattanooga is another Tennessee city that my family has not seemed to get tired of yet. We live in Murfreesboro and it is close enough that we can make a day trip of it and sleep in our own beds that night after a full day of playing. In September of 2025, that is exactly … Read more
There was only one way to leave Nashville in a 1950’s passenger train, wine tasting and a few hours in a small Tennessee town. Luckily, the Tennessee Wine Tasting Excursion Train does just that! Provided by the nonprofit Tennessee Central Railway Museum, the train leaves Nashville and winds its way east through Middle Tennessee, making … Read more
Sleeping in a sleeping bag, shared toilets, unpredictable weather and risk of waking up lying on the ground is what puts people off camping. But never fear ‘glamping’ is here! While Tennessee has no deficit of campgrounds, cabins and rentals, there are some great locations across the state where you can be surprisingly close to … Read more
Cummins Falls is another of those TN waterfalls that almost looks too good on camera. The water crashes 75 feet over a wide collection of rock ledges down into Blackburn Fork State Scenic River. As one of the most scenic settings for falls, it remains one of the well recognised waterfall scenes around middle Tennessee. … Read more
Globally Nashville is synonymous with country music, honky tonks and the neon signs of lower Broadway. So it comes as a bit of a surprise, after driving a few miles west of downtown to see what looks like an ancient Greek temple dominating a city park. The Parthenon in Nashville’s Centennial Park is a recreation … Read more
Seeing Tennessee from a train is an altogether different experience. Instead of seeing Tennessee fly by you at highway speed, you get to truly enjoy and notice the rivers and creeks, wooded hills and mountains, old railroad beds you pass and cross, rich farmland and mountainous valleys and small towns that comprise such a beautiful … Read more
