AboutJan Duke Expertise Whether you are visiting Nashville for a day or a lifetime,I can humbly show and guide you through every aspect of what this great city has to offer.
Experience I've written over 1000 articles about Nashville and/or Tennessee, have one published book on the topic, and have had numerous articles and photographs published locally and throughout the world.
Currently I operate and or run several websites and blogs including Nashville.About.com (for the NYT) as well several other local websites.
I'm a longtime resident of Nashville and Middle Tennessee, having Tennessee Lineages that date back to the 18th century.
Question I am coming to Nash. for a visit and would love to take my five year old grandson on some half day outings.
Old fashion things that folks don't enjoy doing anymore. Find a beekeeper! A molasses stir-off! Anything that would be interesting and educational. I am Soooooo happy to find your site! Thanks.
Tee Daniel
Santa Rose Beach, Fl
Answer Hi Tee,
The Middle Tennessee area has tons of fun outings that are educational for the children. Take a look on the Nashville.about.com site in Family Fun, Historical Sites and in the government sites (to find surrounding counties info) and also in the annual events calendar.
Personally I like taking the kids to History Rugby, Bicentennial Mall Park (no bee demos), Ellington Agricultural Center, and also to some of the local folk style festivals.
Our local parks system will be offering over 40 festivals and concerts this year here is a link to their site: http://www.nashville.org/parks/ and Sumner County (http://www.sumnercountytourism.com} offers tons of festivals that also include the 18th century type activities that you are hunting for (a lot of them are held at Rock Castle and Mansker's Station).
Hope this helps,
Jan
