So, the wife and I are going on a trip to burn some vacation time. We will be staying the night in the following cities:
Texarkana, TX
Nashville, TN
Indianapolis, IN
Charleston, WV
Asheville, NC
Jackson, MS
We have never been that far north or east. We are looking forward to some time alone without kids. WooHoo!
Does anyone have any suggestions on things to do, places to see, and/or 'must go' places to eat in those cities? or between the cities? We are planning to spend about a day in each.
My wife had ACL surgery earlier in the year so long walks are out of the question and we donÛªt drink, except maybe a glass of wine with dinner. Other than that, we are open to suggestions.
Thanks in advance.
Miguel A. Escobar, LSLS, RPLS
That would have been a gorgeous drive a couple or three weeks ago. Maybe you will still see some great colors.
mescobar_rpls, post: 342401, member: 153 wrote: So, the wife and I are going on a trip to burn some vacation time. We will be staying the night in the following cities:
Texarkana, TX
Nashville, TN
Indianapolis, IN
Charleston, WV
Asheville, NC
Jackson, MS
We have never been that far north or east. We are looking forward to some time alone without kids. WooHoo!Does anyone have any suggestions on things to do, places to see, and/or 'must go' places to eat in those cities? or between the cities? We are planning to spend about a day in each.
My wife had ACL surgery earlier in the year so long walks are out of the question and we donÛªt drink, except maybe a glass of wine with dinner. Other than that, we are open to suggestions.
Thanks in advance.
Miguel A. Escobar, LSLS, RPLS
Check out the Biltmore House in Asheville.
An old Johnny Cash tune about "Them Old Cotton Fields Back Home" had a line that said, "It was down in Louisiana, just about a mile from Texarkana"...
Every time I'm down that way I try and figure out where that was at....I'm still looking. Maybe you'll have better luck! 😉
If I were traveling thru all those towns, I would have to pass thru the Smokey Mountains, Clingmans Dome, and Gatlinburg. Even if it's not mid-July.
James
And Cade's Cove. My idea of the Garden of Eden.
I loved Biltmore back when I was there in the mid 1980's!
The last time I was there, I went to use the rest room near the parking lot, and inside there was a 2 or 3 year old boy, wandering around awkwardly with his pants and underwear around his ankles, going up to each person and asking "Will you wipe my bum?" I've never seen a place clear out so fast...
So if you go, bring an extra roll of toilet paper...
Should you be travelling US 59 pull thru Jefferson downtown and ask where is the best BBQ. They will tell you Riverport BBQ
The entire downtown is of historic value and full of antique shops. Contact Johnny Ingram and he will give you a tour thru his Museum of Measurement & Time
Caddo Lake is slow drive 1/2hr away and Big Pines Lodge found at Uncertain, Texas is a nice eatery on the bank of Big Cypress River. No rooms to rent there. There are many Bed & Breakfast in the area.
In Texarkana you might check out to see what is happening at Perot Theater downtown. Not so long ago, I was delivering a project across the street and when I rounded the corner Gordon Lightfoot was stepping off his tour bus. He ask "Is this really downtown Texarkana?" with an OMG why am I here look on his face.
enjoy
Country Music Hall of Fame, Nashville
The Bilby tower in Osgood Indiana
Neil Armstrong museum, Wapakoneta Ohio
The Great Serpent Mound, SE Ohio about N39 01 33 W083 25 50
(need to walk a few hundred yards)
The Longaberger Basket building in Ohio N40 03 49 W082 20 48
Maybe too far north for your itinerary, but the PLSS Point Of Beginning monument
about N40 38 32.6 W080 31 09.8
Depends on what you like, but I'd avoid the congestion of Gatlinburg unless there is something you really want to see there.
Actually, if I start searching AAA and the web for tourist sites and museums, I can find far more than I ever have time to visit just about anywhere.
See Rock City and Ruby Falls in Chattanooga.
Steve Gilbert, post: 342565, member: 111 wrote: See Rock City and Ruby Falls in Chattanooga.
My cousin took us to Lookout Mountain to see the view but said to skip Rock City. The Chattanooga aquarium was good. Lots of Civil War battlefield monuments in the area, if you're in to that.
After Chattanooga we went to Dayton, TN and saw the courthouse where the evolution trials occurred. Small exhibit, but worth the stop since we were headed that way.
Then Oak Ridge. I've read a lot on the history of the Manhattan project and appreciated the museum and tour there.
Funny Gordon Lightfoot story: Some of us here know who Hoyt Axton's nephew is amongst our Oklahoma surveying community. And he has a pretty exhaustive collection of Uncle Hoyt's works, including a lot of stuff that wasn't put together in the studio.
One of the little gems I've gotten to enjoy was a not-so-good-quality recording of an "open mic" kind of night at an LA hot-spot back in the middle sixties. It was not uncommon at this place to have more than one artist on stage at a time and challenge them to a duet. Gordon Lightfoot and Hoyt Axton wound up on stage with each other and it did not go very well. Apparently Lightfoot is a showman with a deeply ingrained sense of stage presence. Uncle Hoyt, on the other hand, had always enjoyed the liquid refreshments and entertained the same on stage as he would sitting on a pop crate in someone's garage.
Long story short, Hoyt was lit and started fugging with Lightfoot, who was trying to give his audience a show. The madder Lightfoot got, the more Hoyt laughed and drank. Then he'd apologize, straighten up and give Lightfoot the limelight....only to later step on his toes a few moments into a song with classic "Lucy and the football" moves. Lightfoot eventually left the stage in a huff.
Funny stuff, for sure.
The only things in Gatlinburg that I was interested in were the Smoky Mountain Knife Works store and the Lodge (cast iron) factory outlet.
Instead of Gatlinburg. Try Townsend Tenn. It is close to Cades Cove. Beautiful country.
