87: Road Trip! Tennessee, North Carolina, and Kentucky National Parks!

Exploring the National Parks

Dirt In My Shoes

Science, Society & Culture:places & Travel, Nature, Places & Travel, Society & Culture

4.8 • 653 Ratings

🗓️ 14 August 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Let’s go on an adventure! This summer, we took a road trip through some of our favorite parks, plus we added in a few places we had never been to before. And now we want to take you along with us on this epic driving route! Join us on a 10-day journey through the Tennessee, North Carolina, and Kentucky National Parks as we share all of the fun things you can do with your family in this area. In this episode, we discuss: Our favorite things to do in Nashville The best activity to do in Townsend (plus what to beware of!) Navigating the craziness of Gatlinburg Highlights of Great Smoky Mountains National Park Everything we loved about Blue Ridge Parkway Eating our way through Asheville Why the Biltmore is a must-see Exciting tours of Mammoth Cave There you have it—our 10-day summer road trip to some incredible national parks! We hope you enjoy this journey and that this episode gives you ideas for your own road trip through Tennessee, North Carolina, and Kentucky! Don’t forget to complete your task for this week! This road trip covered Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the Blue Ridge Parkway, and Mammoth Cave. Which one is your favorite? Bonus points if you share pictures! Head over to the Dirt in My Shoes Facebook or Instagram page and let us know! Check out the full show notes here.

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0:00.0	There's a group of four people sitting and drinking wine just at an overlook.
0:05.0	I was just like, that looks nice.
0:07.2	I know.
0:07.9	What have I been doing trying to do all these hikes and see all these sites?
0:13.3	I just need to sit for a minute.
0:15.2	I know.
0:16.5	This is the Exploring the National Parks podcast with Dirt in My Shoes.
0:21.4	My Name is Ash and I'm a former park ranger and the founder of Dirt in My Shoes.
0:25.7	I think that the parks are best seen from the trail and I'm here to make National Park
0:30.4	Trip Planning easy.
0:31.9	And I'm John.
0:32.9	I carry the kids on the trails, tell stories, and notice all the things that Ash doesn't
0:36.9	care about much,
0:37.8	like trees.
0:40.2	Join us as we show you around America's spectacular national parks.
0:44.7	We're sharing our favorite places, fun facts, adventures, and misadventures.
0:48.7	And we'll even throw in a little trip planning.
0:51.5	Let's start exploring.
0:57.8	Today. a little trip planning. Let's start exploring. Today we're taking you on a road trip with us.
1:00.4	I love road trips. I know. And I love these episodes because it gives us a chance to really talk
1:06.1	more about what our trips look like, actually. So this is a real road trip that we took this summer.
1:14.3	We've been to these parks multiple times before, but this time it was a shorter trip.
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