Main Entrance to Chattanooga Choo Choo Terminal We celebrated my birthday weekend by taking a spur of the moment drive to Chattanooga, TN. I hadn't been to Chattanooga in a pretty long time outside of going to a con…

Photo by Sage Friedman on Unsplash Birthdays have never bothered me. I turned 30 and didn't think a thing about it; 40 was a breeze. But when I reached 50, something shifted. It wasn’t the number itself that unse…

Photo by Angela Eidemiller During the COVID lockdowns of 2020 getting outside became more popular than ever. Many people who had never even considered buying a kayak decided to take the plunge and purchase a boat for …

My husband and I have been married for 7 years and we have never been away for a full week together. You heard me, NEVER. I think the longest we were away was a Wednesday through Sunday one year when we went to the gulf…

As East TN locals we are guilty of taking for granted all there is to do in our area. When we look for somewhere to go or a new experience it seems more exciting to pick somewhere outside of the norm and while it is f…