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Tennessee State Park Tour | Tims Ford
June 22, 2022
“I hope this tent is waterproof…” is not a musing you ever want to consider on a camping trip, but especially not when your company includes two small children under the age of five. We
Exploring Past, Present, and Future at Miami’s Vizcaya Museum and Gardens
June 5, 2022
For four years, I’ve been aching to visit Miami’s Vizcaya Museum and Gardens. On paper (and in photos), it looks like the coastal equivalent to my beloved Cheekwood, a place with plenty of history and
Tennessee State Park Tour | Warriors’ Path & Seven Islands
April 26, 2022
When you glance at a map, Tennessee doesn’t seem so big, but did you know it takes over EIGHT HOURS to drive from corner to corner? Our borders stretch far, adding a deceptive amount of
A Guide to the Libraries of Mount Desert Island
March 10, 2022
I consider myself a Library Tourist. For as long as I’ve traveled, a local public library has been a stop at nearly every destination I’ve visited. What better way to meet a local or two
A Tourist-Free Retreat to the Cranberry Islands
February 24, 2022
Water is ubiquitous on Mount Desert Island. Ponds, lakes, inlets, ocean. Viewing from a distance, these are calming features; they add variety to the landscape, picking up reflections or bits of light that change with
Sight-Seeing Along Acadia’s Park Loop Road | 5 Must-See Stops
February 2, 2022
To visit Mount Desert Island, Maine, is to visit Acadia National Park, and vice versa – the two are so inextricably linked that a visitor to the island has no concept of the park’s boundaries.
Tennessee State Park Tour | Old Stone Fort
January 6, 2022
There’s a frustrating lack of perspective when considering history beyond a certain point – the centuries that lie beyond our grasp of understanding, when the day-to-day experience is so far removed from our present that
Reading Roundup | August & September in Review
October 3, 2021
[INSERT HERE] a pithy quote about “best laid plans,” because my reading plans have most certainly derailed. I’m in a funk, and it’s not very fun. My picks have been a drag, so it takes
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