Teeny, tiny towns and horseshoe pitchers
So, we’re on a South-North road trip. As is often the case, we discover so many cool things…randomly. For example, we stumbled on the...
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James Taylor:”Gone to Carolina…in my mind”. Rorie & Bart: “Went there
Singer James Taylor hails from North Carolina and his experiences there have been the inspiration for some of his songs, most notably...
We discovered a small town gem of a place…right in our own backyard
Editor’s notes: Rorie and Bart love #smalltowns. That’s obvious. But they especially love discovering awesome places when they’re only a...
The Tour discovers “real-deal” Greek food, found and eaten in a small MD town where the
After experiencing hellacious traffic getting through Atlanta, we had a quiet night’s stay in Norcross, GA (The Peach State). The Tour...
The Tour takes on small town TX, Loo-zee-an-uh and Miss-iss-i-ppi
NOTE: Some may think the Tour is too focused on food, but we’ve found that the townies we meet love to “tell us where to go”....
From AZ to El Paso to Abilene…a whole lot of nuthin’ going on, except ghosts and snakes
We left the comfortable surroundings of our beautiful Scottsdale, AZ digs for the last 2 days with some uncertainty and trepidation about...
Texas is way more than cowboys and Whataburgers. It has “art”…kinda
Readers’ Note: Because the Discover Small Town America Tour often experiences many amazing people and places in its quest to spotlight...
It’s all about The Mother Road today… Happy 90th anniversary Route 66!
Editor’s Note: Many Boomers know Route 66 as the road immortalized by the old TV show with the same name. Surely you remember the...
Oklahoma, where the wind comes sweeping down the plain…and where football is king!
The Discover Small Town America Tour-mobile odometer tells us we’re about half way across the Country (more than 2,000 miles in our rear...
We heard echoes of the Arkansas Hog Call “Woooooooo Pig Sooie”
We headed out toward Oklahoma, but first we had some small town business to finish in Arkansas. First stop Russellville (pop. approx....
Mining for diamonds and so much more…in Arkansas
With over 1,300 miles in our rear view mirror, we left Nashville and headed west towards our next destination – North Little Rock,...
Hey Nashville…we “got nothing against a big town”
Editors’ Note: We’ve just gone through a tumultuous campaign and election that has left a lot of folks’ nerves jangled. Our hope is that...
Tennessee is way more than Music City…Just ask Jack
We said “goodbye” to Georgia and headed north to Nashville. Bart insisted our first stop in Tennessee had to be Lynchburg (pop approx....
Georgia on our minds…along with a tree house and castles
Was that the Chattanooga Choo Choo we heard in Georgia? Not sure the 40s era Glenn Miller Band was thinking of the Peach State when it...
What Do William Shakespeare, Robert E. Lee and Woodrow Wilson Have in Common? Relative ProximityR
When your DSTA Tour “proprietors” checked in last, we were leaving the Antietam Battlefields on our way to some cool small towns...
The Tour Heads North…
“Old Florida” Really is Old On a tip from one of Bart’s favorite coffee house baristas in Lido Key, FL (population 12,525), Rorie and...
BREAKING NEWS: Meet The Fascinating Mr. “Piss & Vinegar”
READERS’ NOTE: This is a special edition of Discover Small Town America. For those not familiar with the term piss and vinegar it is –...
Home of the Blues Day 2…Who’s Who & More BBQ
Walking Off Our Biscuits and BBQ After recuperating from our first day in the Home of the Blues, our second day in Memphis began with a...
We Got Them Memphis Blues
We continued winding our way through rural Mississippi finally crossing over to Tennessee and on to our goal of spending a few days...
We Got a Little Culture (and Lots of Catfish & Cornbread)
We left New Albany with Oxford, Mississippi as out target destination. Our trip had us cruising along back roads again in “rural America”...