Saturday, March 23 2024 – Nashville On previous visits to Nashville I have focused on the typical tourist theme of music, visiting the Country Music Hall of Fame, Grand Ole Opry, Ryman Auditorium, Broadway etc. The only exception being a visit to the Capitol Building in 2008. Today I decided to see more of the … Continue reading Nashville, and on to Memphis
Friday, March 22 2024 Road video and map Today I visited places that are dedicated to the lives of two very different men. The first, in Louisville, the home of Muhammad Ali, was the Ali Center. The center has a mission to “Mobilize Muhammad Ali’s legacy to foster respect, inspire generations of changemakers, and advance … Continue reading Two Influential Americans Remembered
Thursday, March 21 2024 Road video and map Frankfort strikes me as a strange capital city. Usually States with small cities as their capital want the city to represent the power and resources of the State and the lawmakers build impressive infrastructure and encourage business investment. That does not seem to apply in Frankfort. The … Continue reading Two Capitols in One Day
Wednesday, March 20 2024 Road video and map After spending three days enjoying the byways of West Virginia it was time to make some progress towards Memphis and, today, I drove to Frankfort, the capital of Kentucky. Before leaving Charleston I visited the West Virginia State Museum. I find that these state museums provide good … Continue reading History and drinking in two State Capitals
Tuesday, March 19 2024 Road video and map About an hour south of Marlinton, where I stopped last night, is the luxury Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs, WV. They organize activities for their guests that are available to non-guests and “Plan A” was to join their Mountaineer Experience which involves 2½ hours of learning … Continue reading A “Plan B” Day
Monday, March 18 2024 Road video and map The phrase from John Denver’s “Take me Home, Country Roads” has been adopted by the state’s tourist promoters and today’s experience is well described by it. The 100 mile (161 km) drive was entirely on scenic byways and narrow country roads that curved over and around the … Continue reading Almost Heaven, West Virginia
Sunday, March 17 2024 Road video and map This year I am meeting my friends Rita and Christian in Memphis for Spring Break and, as before, I am driving and they will fly from Washington to join me on the 25th. Finding different routes out of the Washington area to write about is becoming a … Continue reading Spring Break in Memphis