The Nashville Shakespeare Festival is a fantastic bit of free entertainment that happens every September. This year's production was Much Ado About Nothing set in the 70s and it was honestly one of the best live performances of the play I've ever seen. The whole vibe is fun with food trucks and people setting up lawn chairs. The parking is free and everyone was having a good time. I was incredibly impressed by the production and quality of the actors. I will definitely be looking for next year's production.
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My first time going to the Highland Games and boy was the heat a factor. I ended up dripping by the time we were done. It was a fun time though looking at the different clan tents and once we found some shade watching the actual games. Caber tossing looks hard. The kids liked the children's game area that had mini versions of the actual games. The booths are interesting and for a fee one of the kids got to hold a bird of prey. It was a fun time, but boy was the heat intense even for September.
Labor Day in Cades Cove is a busy time of demonstrations and activities. While we visited there was a sorghum pressing demonstration going on, a ranger teaching people to play the dulcimer, and a blacksmith working in the barn. We visit Cades Cove regularly and this is the first time I've seen this much activity going on at the farmstead. Definitely worth stopping to see all the special events.
The Libby Library on the University of Indiana campus houses some of the rarest and most valuable manuscripts from history. The library changes out exhibits, but always has its Gutenberg Bible on display. When we visited, the exhibit was about flora and fauna and a wide variety of beautiful manuscripts were on display. The library is well worth the visit and the college campus is impressive. I wish more of the collection had been on display, but what was was very interesting. One of the most off beat stops in Indiana was a fire tower constructed in the 30s that is still open to the public. If you're willing to climb 172 stairs and overcome a fear of heights, the fire tower is worth a stop for a free thrill. Views are best in the fall when the trees change, but it's worth the effort any season.
Several different states claim ownership of Abraham Lincoln leading to much tourism bickering among them all. Indiana claims to be where Lincoln spent much of his childhood and has the dubious but enthusiastically claimed honor of being where his biological mother died. Nancy Lincoln is buried in the cemetery on the ground of the memorial and along with a massive carved wall mural that also serves as a memorial, the site also houses a recreation of what the Lincoln farm would have looked like and a bronze stand in for the actual foundation of the cabin site that was found on the farm. The national monument is very nice and a lot of people seem to visit the site, both traveling through and local. The park is well worth the stop, being close to Santa Claus, IN.
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May 2024
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