Ziplining in Sevierville, Tennessee

This was a trip to the Smoky Mountain National Park. We stopped in Sevierville, Tn ( home of Dolly Parton and Dollywood ) to try a new Zipline adventure at Wahoo Ziplines. The zipline tour was through the tree canopy ranging from up 20 to 100 feet high at speeds up to 40mph. The tour took approximately 1hr and was a thrill, a real adrenaline rush for any age, especially for the 60+ crowd.

The first zipline is a leap of faith to get you going and from there you don't want it to end. This was a memory will never forget and would recommend for families of all ages.

Sevierville is located approximately 40 miles southeast of Knoxville, Tn on your way to the Smoky Mountains National Park.

Natural Tunnel State Park in Southwest Virginia

This is a great day trip to a Duffield, Virginia called Natural Tunnel State Park. The town is roughly 20 miles north of Kingsport, TN. Once you arrive at the parking lot for the Natural Tunnel you board a chair lift running down the mountain for approximately 3/4 of a mile ( chair lift price $6 per person). On exiting the chair lift it's a short stroll to the natural tunnel carved in the mountainside by 1 million years of natural erosion. There is still a working train line that runs through the tunnel on a daily schedule.

Here are some quick facts on the Tunnel's History:

Natural Tunnel, called the Eighth Wonder of the World by William Jennings Bryan, has been attracting sightseers to the mountains of southwestern Virginia for more than 100 years. Today it is the focal point of Natural Tunnel State Park, a park which offers visitors not only spectacular sights but also swimming, camping, picnicking, hiking, a visitor center, an amphitheater and interpretive programs.

The creation of Natural Tunnel began more than a million years ago in the early glacial period when groundwater bearing carbonic acid percolated through crevices and slowly dissolved surrounding limestone and dolomite bedrock. Then, what is now Stock Creek was probably diverted underground to continue carving the tunnel slowly over many centuries. The walls of the tunnel show evidence of prehistoric life, and many fossils can be found in the creek bed and on tunnel walls.


You can read the full history and get a wealth of information on other things to do in the state park at Natural Tunnel State Park.




Get out there and Day Trip!!