Fantastical Fireflies—His Perspective

Fantastical Fireflies—His Perspective

If you want to see a fantastical phenom, win a pass to go see the synchronous fireflies in the Great Smokey Mountain National Forest just behind Elkmont Campground. It is like walking into C.S.Lewis’s Narnia gone SciFi. It was whimsical, magical, spectacular, awe...

Thousands of Fireflies Make the Woods Magical

Thousands of Fireflies Make the Woods Magical

A Guestpost by Loral Pepoon (Honey) Something magical happens when you don’t know what to expect and an experience ends up being far better than you could have imagined. We happened to get lucky and snag the last campsite in the Smokey Mountains at Elkmont campground,...

Christmas in July – Getting to Talk to Grandma on Time

Christmas in July – Getting to Talk to Grandma on Time

Our Christmas Cabin Last Christmas was our second one together—we've been married almost two years now. We got to Celebrate Christ's birth by combining lots of traditions and making some new ones. We celebrated with family before and after the big day. But on the 25th...

Longing for the Spring

Longing for the Spring

Justin, Andrea, Loral and I at the Trail Head in Spring of 2015 It’s hot in Tennessee right now and I am enjoying it but really missing the Spring…I’m a bit nostalgic actually about a particular spring when we got to take a trip in 2015 with my daughter Andrea and her...

Frozen Head State Park – Tennessee

Frozen Head State Park – Tennessee

We rolled in around 5 pm to Frozen Head State Park - Tennessee The Ranger's office was closed but Ranger Joe saw us studying the map, stopped his mower, jumped down and came to see if he could help.  He let us in to use the bathroom and he answered our...