Tennessee Couple Creates Web Series Highlighting Traveling In The State

Drew and Ellie Holcomb have toured the world with their Americana band Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors, but Drew says his earliest memories of cross-country travel came in the back of a conversion van with his family. While the Memphis native visited almost every state in the country by the time he was in high school, his family's annual cross-state road trip to Knoxville and the Smokies stands out in his mind.

"Both of my parents were Tennessee grads, so we had a sort of standing tradition," Drew Holcomb said. "Every fall, we'd drive up there and stay in the mountains for a couple days and then go to Neyland Stadium and see a game."

This fall, Drew and Ellie took their family on an R.V. road trip of their own to promote COVID-safe travel across Tennessee. A web series chronicling their 1,600-mile journey premiered last week as part of "For the Love of Tennessee, Travel Safe," a new campaign from the Tennessee Department of Tourist Development. New episodes will debut weekly on YouTube, Instagram and Facebook until Nov. 11.

"The biggest surprise is definitely how much left there is for me to see in Tennessee," Holcomb said. "I've lived in every corner of the state. I still haven't even touched all of the really unique and beautiful places that are here."

Check out the full article from the Tennessean here.