Arrived today in Memphis. Once set up, we drove to see the downtown Memphis area and did the same in the evening. For the evening, we parked and walked Beale Street which is a colorful stretch of pedestrian-only roadway with various neon signs fr various jazz and music bars, as well as restaurants. All of… Continue reading Beale Street in Memphis, TN
Belle Meade Plantation tour
Nashville, TN I guess “plantation” doesn’t mean that they plant stuff, as in agriculture. Turns out the main business of this plantation, which we toured today, was raising thoroughbred horses. We learned that one named Iroquois, and descendants of his are among 11 of only 13 triple crown winners. We toured the mansion in which… Continue reading Belle Meade Plantation tour
What’s Covid?
Nashville, TN We arrived in Nashville this afternoon. We decided to take an evening drive into Downtown Nashville. As we are driving around, and taking night scenery pictures, we got to the busy section where the action is. There were people trying to find places to park all over the place. By the time we… Continue reading What’s Covid?
Snowstorm
Cave City KY Yesterday, we have used our first of 17 “floating days”. There was a snowstorm, which started as forecasted at 9 AM, and dropped 4 ½ inches of snow (as measured by Bernard on the picnic table – 6 1/2 according to the campground owner). Today, we decided to stay put for an… Continue reading Snowstorm
Mammoth Cave National Park
Cave City KY Did the tour from the “historic” cave entrance – the natural one where the caves were first discovered. This is by far the grandest cave we have ever visited. Some sections are huge, even though we also walked through sections that were both narrow and one had to duck because the ceiling… Continue reading Mammoth Cave National Park
Caves
Cave City KY Went to the visitor center while Claudette had a business call. Booked cave tours, one for each of the next two days. Tours were sold out for today. Holds the record for longest cave in the world, with over 400 miles of surveyed passages over several levels. Looking forward to the tours.… Continue reading Caves
Horse Racing
Louisville, KY We’re not horse racing fans, but the self-guided museum, as well as the guided tour of the area where the races take place, viewing the seating area (which can hold more than 100K viewers on race days) and the paddocks where the horses are kept prior to races, was quite interesting. We also… Continue reading Horse Racing
Once the richest city in all of the USA
Wheeling, WV Downtown Wheeling is quite run down but shows signs that it was once a major city. In fact, one source says it was once the city with the richest per-capita of all of the USA, at the end of the 19th century (per WheelingWV.gov). In its heyday, Wheeling was the capital of newly… Continue reading Once the richest city in all of the USA
Almost off-roading with our RV
Creekside Camping, Triadelphia, PA Campground review: Very secluded campground, with a nice creek that runs alongside the campground. The creek includes a few 2–3-foot waterfalls. The campground is surrounded by mountains on both sides, and there is total silence at night. During the day, the absence of off-the-air TV signals, Dish satellite TV reception, wireless… Continue reading Almost off-roading with our RV
And Off We Go!!!
Winchester, VA And we are off. The goal was to get our RV fully loaded up, and away from home. Just this morning, we secured having someone check our home, weekly, while we are away. The original plan was to drive a bit further away, but while trying to confirm reservations for our first two… Continue reading And Off We Go!!!