~Carmen While you could easily spend a whole week exploring Chattanooga and its surrounding natural beauty, our visits have normally been for weekend getaways.  Being just 5 hours from our home in Memphis, it is a great destination for a quick 2-day romantic, or family-fun escape! Chattanooga is located in southeast Tennessee along the Tennessee......

  ~ Carmen Gatlinburg, Tennessee (USA) is one of those rare destinations that has activities for the whole family.  As the gateway to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Gatlinburg is a dreamworld for nature lovers and hikers!  Next door Pigeon Forge, Tennessee is filled with amusement parks and museums for little and big kids.......

~ Carmen Located along the Eastern Highland Rim in the state of Tennessee is a hiker’s paradise!  We recently spent our spring break road tripping this area of east-central Tennessee in search of beautiful scenery, waterfalls in particular.  This waterfall leg of the road trip was just one day of our Ultimate Tennessee Road Trip. Check......

~ Joe If cabin fever has set in on your cold wet January and you have the itch to ride, check the opportunity for a weekend ride at end of January for the annual Buffalo Headwaters Mountain Bike Challenge, comprising one of the International Mountain Bicycling Association (IMBA) EPICS designated trails in Northwest Arkansas. I......

~Carmen Tallahassee has been our daughter Lauren’s home for the past 2 years while attending Florida State University.  It is known for being the capital of Florida and home of FSU, a bustling college campus with an enrollment of over 40,000 students.  Even though Tallahassee isn’t usually considered a tourist destination, there is still plenty......

~Carmen Coe Landing is a small, county-maintained park near Tallahassee, Florida on Lake Talquin.  With our daughter going to graduate school at Florida State University, we wanted a place to camp nearby where she could join us in the afternoons after she was out of class.  Coe Landing RV Park worked out perfectly for us!......

~Lauren I have been a Harry Potter fan for quite a long time. I remember watching the first scene of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone as a kid and being so enchanted.  As a result, I became a lifelong fan, reading all the books (having to wait much too long for the last two......

~Carmen When you think of Memphis cuisine, barbecue is #1 (read The Ultimate Memphis Barbecue Guide).  After you have your Memphis barbecue fix, the next meal should be the southern staple, fried chicken.  All of my friends have their favorite recipes and restaurants.  We asked our friends and found that people swear by their chosen chicken......

~ Lauren Do you love Egyptian architecture and artifacts but don’t want to make the trip all the way to Egypt?  Then you should visit Memphis, Tennessee!  Many people know that Memphis is famous for its Civil Rights history, its music, and its BBQ (see 3 Days in Memphis and The Ultimate Memphis Barbecue Guide).  But what......

~Joe Located right outside Hot Springs, Arkansas, is the Lake Ouachita Vista Mountain Bike Trail.  The Lake Ouachita Vista Trail (LOViT) is one of the International Mountain Bicycling Association (IMBA) EPIC rated trails comprising of 20 or more miles of technically difficult backcountry single track.  Lake Ouachita is one of our favorite places to camp......