History at The Hermitage

Day 3 of vacation and we had to switch into plan "B" mode.  We had planned to visit Cummins Falls, but flash flooding had stranded hikers the day before with one person unfortunately missing.  The park was closed on Thursday.  Our hotel was only a few miles from Andrew Jackson's Hermitage so we headed that direction.  We ended up having a lot of fun.  Rachel liked the audio tour and walking the grounds.

Andrew and Rachel Jackson's tomb

On a side note, I'm digging my new phone's panorama mode.

After our tour we dropped by Burgess Falls.  While no longer able to hike down to the bottom we could still see a great view from the observation deck

We decided against taking this bridge!

Using Google maps and TripAdvisor we stopped by Cream City Ice Cream in Cookeville.  It definitely lived up to it's high rating

Some more of Cookeville...there was a geocache on this train, but we finally gave up!

We ended the day near the airport in Knoxville.  Once again we turned to TripAdvisor and found that the #1 rated restaurant also had extensive gluten-free options.  Hot Rod's 50's diner did not disappoint!  Fun theme, great food, and gluten free to boot!