Enjoy your trip. Be sure to make time to drive into the mountains. Eat at Chesapeake's. Stay at The Oliver. Take in the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame.
Buy a Tennessee baseball hat !!! God bless you friend!
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- Or course, tour the UT campus. Go to The Hill and take notice of checkerboard on Ayres Hall. If open, walk up to highest floor available for a view where even the smell is of an old college building that brings back memories of flunking freshman calculus, but acing Happy Hour 101 ("commenting for a friend").
- While Feb isn't the optimal time (that is Spring), take a drive thru the Sequoyah Hills area of Knoxville. It's just west of the campus along the Tennessee River
Sequoyah Hills - Wikipedia
- Check out:
East Tennessee's Own WDVX — Blue Plate Special and the schedules at The Tennessee Theatre and The Bijou
- Brewery town... big time... from the many in town to north up I-75's Clinch River Brewery near Norris Dam
And, for a repeat performance, Fall 2023. Rumor has it we play 11 on 11... if conference realignment doesn't get in the way.
Tell Geno not to come*, unless he thinks he looks good in yellow. "Stay in your Lane, Bro", as if you think this bunch takes the LV's serious, that pointy shaped ball gets us riled up really good.
Neyland Stadium Tours | Neyland Stadium | Knoxville, Tennessee to see the checkerboard end zones inspired by Ayres Hall.
* my guess is he'll show up on your sidelines and it will be a fine moment to hear 100,000 Southern football crazies give a Bronx Cheer. We usually reserve such for the likes of bama, but we have been known to make worthy exceptions. IMO, he is worthy and qualifies. It would put him in good company, e.g., Spurrier, Kiffin, a particular species of "Bear", any Notre Dame team, etc, etc. Yup, sometimes we get a bit out of hand, but Passion Plays Here.
