December 14, 2021
12/6/2021
Today was a busy day. I started by going to the American Museum of Science and Energy in Oak Ridge, TN. This museum was about the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. I was hoping it would be cooler. There was some good info, but I don’t recommend it. I went to the K-25 plant site. This […]
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December 14, 2021
12/5/2021
Today I’m exploring the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. This park is beautiful. I started with a tiny hike to Cataract Falls. This was only a quarter mile out and back from the visitors center. The falls were nice and the hike was easy. My next hike is up to Laurel Falls. On the drive […]
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December 14, 2021
12/4/2021
The plan for today is to get down to Knoxville, TN. On the way down, I stopped in Corbin, KY to see where Kentucky Fried Chicken started. The museum was closed but they had some info on signs around the site. After a couple more hours of driving there was a turnout to the Norris […]
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December 3, 2021
12/1/2021
The last couple of days have been driving. There is nothing in WV besides some mountains. It was a really fun drive though. I did get the heebie jeebies when I was going up the mountain at one point. It was a 1.5 lane road all the way up the mountain with not guardrail. I […]
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December 3, 2021
11/30/2021
Today was boat day. I was in Norfolk and Virginia Beach, VA. I pulled into Portsmouth last night and got a haircut. I would not recommend Portsmouth, VA. It’s pretty rough. Lots of strip clubs and nightclubs. I ended up doing the whole sightseeing thing in the hardest way possible. I started in Portsmouth, went […]
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November 30, 2021
11/28/2021
Since I’ve been to Washington DC before and had done all the touristy stuff I wasn’t going to spend more than the day here. If you’ve never been, definitely take your time and see all the monuments, buildings, and museums. Some of the museums are free so take advantage. Take the subway everywhere because parking […]
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November 30, 2021
11/27/2021
Today I visited Baltimore. There were a couple things I found to check out here. Right by where I parked was the Shot Tower. This was a tower that they dropped molten lead through a screen at the top into a water tank at the bottom to create shot for muskets. On my way to […]
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November 27, 2021
11/26/2021
Today was mostly a driving day. I had to stay in PA last night so I could hit up a brewery there to keep up my breweries in all 50 states. I started at Iron Hill Brewery. They are a regional brewery/restaurant. they did make some really good beers for a restaurant type place. Now […]
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