{"id":20020,"date":"2023-03-12T07:00:31","date_gmt":"2023-03-12T13:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=20020"},"modified":"2023-02-24T16:47:35","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T22:47:35","slug":"travelling-the-50-states-tennessee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2023\/03\/travelling-the-50-states-tennessee\/","title":{"rendered":"Travelling The 50 States \u2013 Tennessee"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Over my 48 years, I\u2019ve done my fair share of travelling across these United States.\u00a0 I thought it would be an interesting experiment go look back at those trips to each of the 31 states I have visited (62% isn\u2019t bad, is it?) and see if, and when, I may be returning.\u00a0 Working in alphabetical order, we continue today with the 16th state to be added to the Union: Tennessee.<\/p>\n

State:<\/strong> Tennessee
\nJoined the Union:<\/strong> 1796
\nVisits:<\/strong> 3<\/p>\n

I’ve made three visits to the Volunteer State, once for fun and twice to charge while heading somewhere else.<\/p>\n

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My first visit to Tennessee came in June of 2015 as part of a Mother’s Day gift of an Elvis-themed trip.\u00a0 Things got off to an early start on Saturday morning as we left home around 5 AM and headed south, rolling into Memphis around 2:00. \u00a0Our first stop was the Memphis Zoo, where we ran into some pandas and other animals. \u00a0After the zoo, we headed to our hotel for some relaxing in the pool, followed by dinner at a charming BBQ joint known as Corky\u2019s, winners of multiple best BBQ awards. \u00a0After a long day, it was time to call it a night.<\/p>\n

Sunday morning got off to an early, if wet, start at Graceland, home, and eternal resting place, of Elvis Presley. \u00a0Aside from the mansion, which is strangely small for what would be considered a mansion, there were a few other attractions to see, including a car museum and his 2 planes.<\/p>\n

After lunch at Graceland (a fried peanut butter\/banana sandwich, natch), it was time to visit Sun Studios, where Elvis made his first recordings. \u00a0While waiting for our tour, we made a quick trip over to the Peabody Hotel, where they have trained ducks hanging out in the lobby, which is supposedly a thing. \u00a0Back to Sun for the tour, which included the actual recording studio space, which is still in use at night.\u00a0 Following the tour, we headed across the border to Arkansas for dinner and the rest of the trip.<\/p>\n

\"\"My next two stops in Tennessee came in 2021, when I needed to charge my car on the way to and back from Florida.\u00a0 Both times I was directed to the Dunkin’ Donuts in Manchester, Tennessee, where I was able to make use of the Superchargers while enjoying a nice treat.<\/p>\n

Will I return?\u00a0 I would think so.\u00a0 At some point, I’d like to make it to Nashville and see what the vibe there is like.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Over my 48 years, I\u2019ve done my fair share of travelling across these United States.\u00a0 I thought it would be an interesting experiment go look back at those trips to each of the 31 states I have visited (62% isn\u2019t bad, is it?) and see if, and when, I may be returning.\u00a0 Working in alphabetical […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3268],"tags":[5705,7515,399,5672,5670,2291,5706,5673],"class_list":["post-20020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-travel","tag-corkys","tag-dunkin-donuts","tag-elvis","tag-graceland","tag-memphis-zoo","tag-mothers-day","tag-peabody-hotel","tag-sun-studios"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20020"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20020\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20055,"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20020\/revisions\/20055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}