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Wednesday, July 31, 2024

Saturday, July 27, Day trip to Granville, TN "Tennessee's Mayberry"

We began our journey in Pulaski where we stopped at Walmart for a few items and Murphy to fill up with fuel. 

We continued on Hwy 64 to Fayetteville, took 50 through Lynchburg, Tullahoma, and took Hwy 55 to Manchester and McMinnville. 

Hwy 56 to Smithville to I-40 to Hwy 70 very curved road to 53 

We went home by way of I-40 to 840 to I-65 to Saturn Parkway to 412 to 31 South to US-43 South home.


Welcome to Granville, Tennessee 

Hubby and I rode to Granville, TN a history town nestled on the Cumberland River. 

Tennessee Mayberry Town. We bought tickets at $7 each to visit the Museum of Granville. 

We first stopped at the Farm to Your Table Agriculture Museum. There, we saw farm equipment, milk trucks, tractors, a mural, and signs throughout the building telling the history of farming and Funeral Services in Granville. 


T.B. Sutton Store 

Next, we stopped at the Sutton General Store a two-story building with fixtures from the early 20th century. 

They had ordered grilled hamburgers left over from the day before.


Whistle Stop Saloon

Next, we stopped at the Whistle Stop Saloon, where we learned this building and area was used as an office by Dr. Wm B. Holmes, John B. Ragland used it as a Saloon during the Steamboat days, and Davis Huff used the building as a General Store. CW and Martha Ramsey made it their home and SW & Dorothy Powell placed a trailer on the property. Randall & Peggy Clemons purchased the property and constructed a building similar to the original building. 


We visited the three-part museum highlighting the Andy Griffith Show with the characters of Andy, Barney, Aunt Bee, Opie, Otis, Floyd, Gomer, Goober, and others. 


I love Lucy 

Andy getting his hair cut by Floyd. 


A part of that museum was dedicated to The I Love Lucy Show featuring Lucy, Desi Armaz, Ethe, and Fred Mertz with Little Ricky. 

A third section was dedicated to Whiskey Decanter a collection donated by several people. 

The Barrett’s of Watertown collection of over 2,000 Jim Beam decanters.


I Love Lucy, Andy Griffith Show, and Jim Beam Whiskey Museums

Gussie and Joe Miller of Cookville donated 3,000 decanters, including The Elvis Presley collection depicting the “King”. 


We saw the Sutton Homestead, Granville Museum, the Daniel Barber Shop and Post Office, Clemons Car Museum, and Tennessee Quilt and Textile Museums along the way. 

Last, we visited the Historic Granville Pioneer Village which was full of museums and crafts. 


Pioneer Village

Sutton Service Station, Quilt benches at Pruett Stages, and Webster’s barn that showcased farm equipment.

We learned the process they used to grind corn into cornmeal at Ellen Grist Mill. 

We saw a chicken house, an outhouse, and a smokehouse. 

We saw the Williamson Pioneer Cabin built in 1820. We walked through Pauline Carter Johnson Cottage Garden and we saw growing in the garden, Tobacco, broom corn, and other vegetables. 

It was beautiful but got increasingly hot by the afternoon. We ran into rain on the way home. 


Wednesday, November 15, 2017

2017 Nov 14, Charlie Brown's ICE Opryland Hotel Nashville, Tennessee

Yesterday, we stopped at Olive Garden in Spring Hill for lunch. 
I ordered soup and salad.

After lunch we stopped at Dollar Tree looking for Ipad pens, they were out.
We left Spring Hill traveling to Nashville.
We parked in front of Bass Pro Shops. We walked inside stopping to look at the Christmas Displays. (Santa was not there).
You can be frightened by a Big Brown Bear at Bass Pro Shop 

Some stores we saw inside Opry Mills Mall were the Rainforest Cafe, Aquarium Restaurant, build-a-bear, Lego Store, Game stop, Regal Theater, Zoofari Animal Rides, Kids Play Area, a Loco-Motive, and Santa waving as we walked by. 
You can enjoy a Zoofari Animals Ride
You can ride the Kiddie Train 
You can enjoy Whiskey Samples
 Virtual Reality  
We stopped at the Disney Outlet Store.
I bought myself a pair of Mickey Mouse PJs (25 percent off) and a Mickey Sweat Shirt. 
A recently opened Madame Tussauds is located near the theater. 
You can enjoy music by George Strait
Had my picture taken standing next to the Elvis Presley billboard?
You can tour Madame Tussauds

  The Mall was not crowded like it will be next week and the days following, until Christmas. 
We saw teens riding the Zoofari Animals, (that you can rent)hubby commented I need one of those. 

You can ride the Carousel 
We stopped at the Grand Ole Opry to take pictures of the guitars displayed.

We stopped to purchase tickets for Charlie Brown's Christmas ICE!! 
While waiting to go to see the ICE, I meet a teenage girl from Miami. She said, I am with my parents and we are staying at Opryland Hotel and we are leaving tomorrow. She had never been through the ICE. I told her it was very cold and she would love it very much. We said goodbye and Merry Christmas before we stopped to get our pictures made before entering the ICE. 
Once inside we saw people taking pictures near the sculptures and sliding down the Ice Slides. 

You can enjoy sliding down the ICE!!
YOU can get Psychiatric help for five cents from Lucy!!!LOL

Find the True Meaning of Christmas (with Snoopy)
win money,
money, money!
Spectacular Supercolossal,
Neighborhood Christmas Lights
and Display Contest
Write a Letter to Santa
Dear Santa Claus,
How've you been?
Did you have a nice summer?
How is your wife?
I have been extra good this year
so I have a long list
of presents that I
want.
Please note the
size and color of each
item and send as many as possible.
If it seems too complicated
make it easy for yourself,
just send money.
How about tens and
twenties...
Sing Christmas Carols with Charlie Brown and Friends 

It was after 4PM when we started for home and we ran into the evening work traffic. The sun was setting and before we exited onto the Saturn Parkway it was almost dark. We stopped at Burger King in Columbia to eat dinner. 


It had been a long day and both were ready for a long winter's nap when we arrived home. 

2024 Saturday September 7, Train Trip from Chattanooga to Chickamauga, Ga

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