Saturday, September 4, 2010
Upcoming travel--Ideas needed
Chris and I are planning on taking a short vacation the first week of November. Our current plan is to drive from Florida to the Great Smoky Mountain National Park area. Does anybody have any suggestions on "Don't Miss" places in the area? I'm not really interested in anything that I can find in Orlando like dinner shows, mini golf, chain restaurants, Ripley's Believe it Or Not, etc. Obiviously Civil War related would be great for me but for Chris, well, she tolerates it. Great sport she is! Anyway we've really just started researching it so any ideas are welcome. Thanks.
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How far is your range for a day-trip? Within a short drive are CW sites around Knoxville. Several interesting "corners of history" between Knoxville and Chattanooga, but that's a couple hours drive on a good day. Not many major sites on the NC side, but several related to Stoneman's late war raids, or Unionist activities.
ReplyDeleteConsidering how close you'll be to the scene of the action, might be a good time to finish Knoxville 1863. ;-)
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ReplyDeleteYou might try the Biltmore Estate in Asheville - different era but interesting to see how the "upper-crust" lived during the Gilded Age. A little on the expensive side but if you have a membership with AAA you can get discount tickets at any of the North or South Carolina AAA offices.
Dick, I think that's a good point. I picked it up last night for my next read. I hope to get a few pages read tonight.
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