Another reason for opting to stay at the Nashville KOA was that they offered a flexible and affordable shuttle to the downtown area. Our research told us it would be a very bad idea to drive Usain to such a congested area, let alone find a place to park. After ensuring the cats were taken…

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What made us think that Saturday morning would be a nice, quiet time to visit Centennial Park in Nashville? This park, near downtown, had adult intramural soccer games, bikers, joggers, tailgaters (for the nearby Tennessee/LSU football game), and tourists all milling around. We found a spot to safely park where we could easily get back…

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The Riverwalk on Mud Island Memphis has a park on Mud Island in the Mississippi River that has a scale model of the Lower Mississippi that is a half-mile long. The horizontal scale is 30 inches to the mile and the vertical is one inch to eight feet. This is a most impressive sculpture with…

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I had one more spot in Memphis on my list that we had time to see this morning before leaving Tennessee. National Civil Rights Museum On April 4, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was shot while standing on a balcony outside of his room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis. This motel has been…

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Not much to blog about for this day since it was primarily a driving day through Missouri as we make our way home. Driving proved tiring for both of us as we battled a strong wind from the west for the 4-hour trip. We stopped for lunch and a stroll at Indian Camp Creek Park…

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We arrived back in Iowa today after nearly 4 weeks of travel. The strong winds that wore us out driving through Missouri subsided and we were able to stay away from the major highways as we made our way through the Iowa countryside. American Gothic After studying in France, Grant Wood came home to paint…

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While it was not our intent, we ended up completely avoiding traveling into or through Kentucky this trip while staying at nearly every state it borders (Arkansas was the exception). I guess this is only fair since we spent almost a month traveling throughout Kentucky last spring. 09/27/2025 – 10/22/2025 Overall, the weather was pretty…

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