We woke up in Tennessee

This quilt is from the 1800's

and had lunch in Alabama and now we are going to sleep in Mississippi.  How about that? We enjoyed our couple of days of a food coma and TV stupor but woke up this morning ready to head em up and move em out! 


Example of Jefferson and
 Palladian architecture


We took a tour at Belle Mont Mansion in Tuscumbia, AL. It is being restored and was very interesting. There are no kitchens in the southern mansions.  All the cooking was done in an outbuilding away from the home.  One of the bedrooms had a lovely compass quilt on loan. 

We stopped early at JP Coleman State Park. It was nice to sit in the warm sunshine in the chilly air and enjoy the view of the Tennessee river. We saw a huge barge going up the river. Maggie and Sadie are enjoying romping through the leaves.

Jack Daniel's Distillery

in Lynchburg was fun. Surprisingly, it is in a dry county and has a special permit to sell commemorative bottles only. So, no sipping on the Jack Daniel's Distillery tour!  Not like the Olympia Beer Tour we took years ago where we had to take naps in the car before we could continue on our trip. Lynchburg was a pretty little town but we sure didn't have pretty weather.  It rained quite a bit today. 

We have parked for a couple nights at a KOA in Manchester, TN.  The dogs are having a good time in the field behind us. Laton plans on trying out the catch & release pond tomorrow while the tiny turkey is cooking in the oven.  We have all the necessary dishes; stuffing, cranberries, yams, green bean casserole and gravy. We plan on sitting in a food stupor in front of cable TV. We miss our families but I am sure we will talk to everyone and share in their day. I am so thankful we have been able to have this grand adventure touring our wonderful United States of America!

It must be a law

that requires a baptist church every square mile in NC, TN, and KY! I have never seen so many.

Check out Davy! Davy Crockett's (King of the wild frontier) birthplace. It was on a mountain top in Tennessee. It was raining like crazy when we left there today.  We headed up to Kentucky to see what we could see. Bought our Thanksgiving groceries on the way today so we are ready to park for a couple days.  Don't want to travel on Thanksgiving Day.

Green River Lake State Park was hard to find but well worth it.  It is a very nice campground with electric and water, our favorites. lol We saw several deer on the way in. We have decided arriving at o'dark thirty is not our favorite way to end the day. Tough backing into a site in the dark and discovering a flat tire on the trailer did not help it at all.

We left east Tennessee today and will head to west Tennessee and on to Arkansas in the next few days. Anything you think we must see there, please let us know.

Mount Airy, NC



Carrie on Main Street in front of the Snappy Lunch


We got up early and trekked to Mount Airy for breakfast at the Snappy Lunch. Everything we had read said it would be wonderful. We were soooooo disappointed. Andy and Barney were not there and obviously Aunt Bee was not cooking. The food was not good and the service was questionable and they served everything in foam cups, on foam plates with cheap plastic tableware. They gave a song and dance about conserving water, not exactly green of them using foam cups and plates.

Laton in front of Floyd's Barber Shop.
As you can tell, Laton doesn't need a haircut.

The town was very quaint and all the Christmas decorations were up and the Christmas music was playing from the stores. It was all very festive.

We hooked up and got back on the road and have landed at Davy Crockett Birthplace State Park. It is beautiful in the Tennessee Mountains. We are at Limestone, TN next to the Nolichucky River. Yep, sounds just like it is spelled. LOL.