Loaded the van, programmed the GPS, and began our trip.
We traveled north on hwy 43 turning right onto hwy 64 east traveling thru Giles County Pulaski, TN crossing I-65
to 244 northeast traveling thru Lincoln and Marshall counties Petersburg, & Bedford County Shelbyville.
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Town of Petersburg Library |
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Town of Petersburg in Lincoln and Marshall Counties with a population of 580. |
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Veterans Memorial Plaza in front of Bedford County Courthouse |
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Shelbyville is the county seat of Bedford County "Courthouse" |
We found a close park, walked up to the stage, and found seats on bales of hay. Where we sat and listened to music and watched a group of young girls and women clogging.
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Cloggers (stepping high) |
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Milking Machine |
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Railroad Town (several trains came through while we were in Bell Buckle) |
We visited Everybody's Antiques and more, Bluebirds Antiques and Ice Cream Parlor.
We visited the Livery Stable now an Antique shop with many rooms of antiques.
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Livery Stable is now an Antique Shop |
They were moon pies and RC colas for sale everywhere we looked and prices varied.
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Ice Cold RC Colas |
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Boxes of Fresh Moon Pies |
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Uncle Sam greeting the crowd at the Parade |
We meet an older couple that had visited the festival many times.
There were people from everywhere who were still coming when we left.
We ate lunch at Bell Buckle Cafe where we both ordered a barbecue sandwich and a glass of iced tea.
It was almost time for the parade so we gobbled down our lunch.
It was the only cafe in the whole area so it was a long wait just to eat lunch.
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Standing in front of the Mural of Moon Pies and RC Colas |
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Moon Pie Girl in the parade |
We stopped in Lawrenceburg for gas and to-go meals from Long John Silvers.
We stopped at the fruit stand in Lawrenceburg for vegetables and we were home by 5:00PM.
We were home about an hour when hubby got a call out from work so we loaded into the van and headed to Huntsville.
As we were entering the gate we were in a Jurassic Park jeep with a dinosaur in the back.
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When the jeep moved so did the dinosaur Jurassic is relating to or denotes the second period of the Mesozoic era, between the Triassic and Cretaceous periods. |
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The sun was setting as we traveled home. (around 8:30PM) |