"Rock Star" road tripper checking in! Self-proclaimed anyway! Road trips and visits to all 50 states are my game. Find your next road trip destinations here. Fill your bucket list with fantastic US journeys. I love road trips and spare no effort in making my travels and experiences inviting for members of the road-tripping family! Pick a trip you want to take, or get inspired to plan your own. - - The Driveby Tourist (or call me Stan!)
Huntsville to Nashville and points in between...
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I’m spending two nights in Huntsville, but by the time you read this, I’ll likely be in Nashville. On Day 13, I spent much of the day at the US Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville. I did check out the Huntsville Botanical Gardens at day’s end. Oh, by the way. Here’s the link to the preview post about this trip. US Space & Rocket Center The museum is extremely well done. I highly recommend it. For those of us (boomers) who remember this happening, it’s even more worthwhile. The hall that gives history from early rocketry at the end of World War II through the International Space Station, you’ll see it all! This is one of the places I’d like to see again on my travels. By the way, that rock is from the moon. (Or from Area 51 if you believe the conspiracy theorists!) Huntsville Botanical Garden The hike around the main nature trail is about a mile. Now is a bit early to see as much as you will see in a month or so, but still worth the stop. Rosie’s Cantina I had very good Mexican food here. On my big trip last year I had great Mexican Food nearly every day for several weeks. But I was in the Southwest! Rosie’s Cantina met my expectations, although I didn’t have anything too exotic, just beef enchiladas. Buc-ee’s Another Buc-ee’s, no pictures, but I did buy fudge! The Factory, Franklin, TN I met Alicia, the founder and CEO of the All Fifty States Club. We had lunch here at Edley’s BBQ. I’ll attend the All Fifty States Club annual conference in Philadelphia in September and likely be a presenter. We are discussing ways to collaborate by exploring how we can support our respective businesses. The Factory was an abandoned appliance factory that the city bought and turned into a complex of restaurants, bars, galleries, and other entertainment venues. The Parthenon I used the time machine to dash over to Greece! Actually, it’s an art museum (full scale replica) built in the 1990s to honor the original in Greece. It’s currently closed until approximately June for an HVAC replacement. Bourbon Street Blues and Boogie Bar I listened to Blues music for a couple of hours. Doesn’t everyone come to Nashville to listen to the blues? Today, I only drove about 100 miles. Tomorrow I’m headed to eastern Tennessee and Kentucky to see more National Park Service units, eventually Abraham Lincoln’s birthplace and his boyhood home. I may be in Kentucky for two nights, but… We’ll see! More tomorrow. (Or the next day.) Thanks for following… The Driveby Tourist “Team” Note: These will be quick notes at the end of the day. I’ll send them “regularly.” Please excuse grammatical errors as I’m doing these on the fly! |
Stan Wiebe
"Rock Star" road tripper checking in! Self-proclaimed anyway! Road trips and visits to all 50 states are my game. Find your next road trip destinations here. Fill your bucket list with fantastic US journeys. I love road trips and spare no effort in making my travels and experiences inviting for members of the road-tripping family! Pick a trip you want to take, or get inspired to plan your own. - - The Driveby Tourist (or call me Stan!)
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