As we were leaving The Hermitage, we saw what looked like a giant hamster run out of a hole in the ground. He got spooked when we walked towards him and ran back into his hole for safety. It was a Groundhog! After a couple seconds, he turned around and disappeared down his hole. Does … Continue reading →

This afternoon, we went to The Hermitage, Andrew Jackson’s plantation, just outside of Nashville, Tennessee. Andrew Jackson was the 7th president of the United States, from 1828 to 1836, serving two terms. He was a frontiersman and a rugged individual, who became, in turn, a lawyer, a militia general and war hero, a congressman and … Continue reading →

Yesterday afternoon and this morning, I did genealogy research at the archives in Robertson County, Tennessee, while Dale caught up on her reading. We’ll be leaving Tennessee in the morning to meet up with Kelly and her friends in Alabama where they are going caving and hiking. We’ll join them for the hiking, but not … Continue reading →