Travel Tuesday

Last week, we decided to stay closer to home. We set out to Centennial Park--about 20 minutes from the house. Centennial Park is the home of the Parthenon---an exact replica of the one in Athens, Greece.

We were geo-caching and doing an adventure lab which took us to five different locations throughout the park. It was a beautiful day and felt good to be outside. 

We learned a lot--as we do whenever we are geo-caching. But this is our city, so we thought we knew pretty much about it. 

I never even thought about why Centennial Park was named that. Apparently in the late 1800's, there was an exposition here with all kinds of buildings and displays to honor 100 years of being a state. Afterwards, they decided to "keep" the Parthenon. I never realized that all of those buildings and displays were not meant to be permanent.  That's really a shame because the description of the Women's building made it sound stunning---definitely a place I would have liked to have tea!

When they decided to make the Parthenon a permanent structure, they had to hire a firm to handle it. Little did I know that the firm handling it turned out to be Hart, Freeland and Roberts--the architectural firm that our friend, Jack (Connie's husband) has worked for and been a partner in--for his whole career! Fun little extra fact!

Anyway, as we strolled around the park, we came to a spot right along West End Avenue. Turns out, that was the beginning of the Natchez Trace Parkway---501 miles from Nashville to Natchez, Mississippi. And here we thought it started out highway 100 where they have actually "rebuilt" the trace. It's a beautiful roadway through the countryside.

This is what we love about geo-caching. I love learning and seeing unusual things. Not that I'll remember much for too long after, but still it's fun to see!

We have several trips planned in the next week as we make our way to the beach to take care of business for our condo remodel. That means more tales to come!