Pigeon Forge is a place most people think they already understand - a blur of neon, traffic, mini golf, dinner shows, and roadside souvenir shops. But beneath all of that? There’s a different story taking shape, one that’s quieter, older, and easier to miss. In this episode, Chad returns to Pigeon Forge for the first time in a couple of years and takes on a simple question with a complicated answer: What happened to this town? Over the course of one rainy day, he traces the layers that still ...
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Pigeon Forge is a place most people think they already understand - a blur of neon, traffic, mini golf, dinner shows, and roadside souvenir shops. But beneath all of that? There’s a different story taking shape, one that’s quieter, older, and easier to miss. In this episode, Chad returns to Pigeon Forge for the first time in a couple of years and takes on a simple question with a complicated answer: What happened to this town? Over the course of one rainy day, he traces the layers that still ...
Winter Garden & Oakland: Central Florida’s Most Bikeable Escape
Chad Gallivanter
11 minutes
1 month ago
Winter Garden & Oakland: Central Florida’s Most Bikeable Escape
Just west of Orlando, there’s a pair of towns that quietly rewrote the script on what small-town Florida could be. Winter Garden and Oakland - two neighboring communities bound by a bike trail and a shared sense of purpose - have managed to preserve their charm while welcoming the future. In this episode, we explore how Winter Garden’s brick-lined downtown became one of the most walkable destinations in Central Florida, and why Oakland chose a slower, more deliberate path, one rooted in natur...
Chad Gallivanter
Pigeon Forge is a place most people think they already understand - a blur of neon, traffic, mini golf, dinner shows, and roadside souvenir shops. But beneath all of that? There’s a different story taking shape, one that’s quieter, older, and easier to miss. In this episode, Chad returns to Pigeon Forge for the first time in a couple of years and takes on a simple question with a complicated answer: What happened to this town? Over the course of one rainy day, he traces the layers that still ...
