Driving from Ottawa, IL to Oswego, NY | Fallen Timbers National Historic Site | Cuyahoga Valley National Park | March 2023 Our time in Ottawa finally wrapped up, but not without an unexpected extension. Our original plan had us traveling all the way to New York over a day and a half, which we planned…
Visiting Shiloh National Military Park | Ste. Genevieve National Historical Park | January 2023 We woke up in Mississippi to a brisk morning. Not as cold as Alabama had been, but still cold enough that, once out of the tent, we didn’t stick around very long. A cold front was moving through the country and…
Visiting Horseshoe Bend National Military Park | Flagg Mountain | Cheaha State Park, Alabama to JP Coleman State Park, Mississippi | January 2023 We woke up on the highest peak in Alabama to arguably one of the colder mornings we’ve camped through in recent memory. Frost on the tent, frost on the car, and all…
Visiting Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park | January 2023 Just South of Chattanooga and the Tennessee River rises the imposing mass that is known as Lookout Mountain. This mountain (which is actually more a plateau) was the centerpiece of all of our day trips while staying in Chattanooga, so it’s worth talking about at…
Visiting Fort Loudon State Historic Park | Vonore, TN | January 2023 At this point during our stay in Tellico Plains, we had gone South, South West, and East, and so we decided that it was well time to go North. I laid out a plan to visit a couple historic spots, and then to…
Asheville, NC to Tellico Plains, TN | Cherokee, NC Whispering Giant | Brasstown Bald | January 2023 After spending 5 full days in Asheville, it was time for us to move on. This also happened to be the day that a large snowstorm was coming across the mountains from Tennessee, and most of the high…