"Whiskeytown" Rocks!
We left you with a "taste" of Bardstown yesterday. Today you'll get more of the sights and flavors of this historical, "Norman Rockwell"...
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Bardstown: Bourbon & Beauty (& Bart)
Very few people know that Bart has attained a certain status in life that sets him apart from most others. He is a Kentucky Colonel....
“Eureka” (Springs)…The mountain roads we took there had us screaming “Eureka” - and a lot more!
Eureka Springs (population 2,500) is in the Ozark Mountains of Arkansas. It’s a place on many travel writers’ lists of “Best Small Towns...
Crystal Bridges…“Here We Come”
We headed from the Clarksdale, MS area to the next state on the Tour: Arkansas. The drive there was really serene BUT sometimes when they...
Did He Really Sell His Soul to the Devil (in Clarksdale, Mississippi)? Read On to Find Out.
We were full of excitement and anticipation about the next leg of this “Discover” journey, which would take us to the Birthplace of the...
Oxford, MS: The World's Best Fried Catfish, An Iconic Town Square, and Lots More
The Tour said “Goodbye” to Laurel and headed to its next destination: Oxford, Mississippi. The first stop was a cabin we rented outside...
Nostalgia on Steroids in Mississippi!
We left Fairhope, AL excited to “discover” our next set of cool places to experience and spotlight. After we crossed into Mississippi we...
Sweet Home Alabama (We Found it in Fairhope)
Located on the eastern shore of Mobile Bay, Fairhope’s motto is “You’ve Arrived” and after driving through some torrential tropical...
And... We're Off!
The Tour has launched! We've completed the short, first leg (200 miles) of what will be a journey totaling thousands of miles. After...
Teeny, tiny towns and horseshoe pitchers
So, we were on a South-North road trip. As is often the case, we discover so many cool things…randomly. For example, we stumbled on the...
200,000 “small town America” miles behind us…
..and, lots more on the road(s) ahead. Our 2010 tour-mobile just hit the 200,000 mile mark. We celebrated the moment by stopping at one...
James Taylor "Gone to Carolina in My Mind". Rorie & Bart Went There For Real.
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....
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