2023 June 21, The Yellow Deli, Pulaski, Etheridge, Lawrenceburg and Lynnville, Tennessee

 Today, we rode to Lawrenceburg. 

Goodwill did not open until 9AM, so we stopped at Dunkin's Donuts for bacon bites and 2 minis bagels.

Next, we stopped at Goodwill, where I bought 2 men's shirts and a quilt.

We love to buy veggies from the Amish, so we rode to Etheridge, where we bought 2 large heads of cabbage, Squash, onion, peppers, cucumbers, eggs, candy, peanuts, and potatoes.

We had the whole day free, no grandkids to watch.

So we rode to Pulaski, stopping at the Yellow Deli for lunch. 

There we ordered a Ruben sandwich which is corned beef with sauerkraut, Swiss cheese, mayo, and mustard on light rye bread served with chips and pickle.

We also ordered a side salad and, for dessert, a slice of their delicious carrot cake. 

We ordered iced tea to drink, and hubby knocked his over while trying to take a picture of a plant.

Their food is always fresh and delicious.

1/2 Reuben on Rye Bread Sandwich

Salad 

Slice of fresh Carrot Cake

We rode to Lynnville, TN, to tour the Train Depot Museum (rebuilt as RR Museum 1998)and the steam locomotive. We walked through the Locomotive, passenger cars, and the little red Caboose.

In the museum were several displays, including a miniature train display.

Across the street was Soda Pop Junction and Big Johnny's Burgers, which was closed for repairs.

In front of those buildings sat an Orange and White Dodge truck, carousel, old bicycle, coke machine, and parking meters.

Orange and White Dodge Truck

Soda Pop Junction and Big Johnny's Burgers

There were public restrooms next to Lynnville's City Hall.

We saw the Iron Horse Hotel, Iron Horse Country Store, and a Historic Marker.

It began to rain, so I only had time to take a picture of the Marker before we headed back to the car.

steam locomotive

Miniature Train Display

Historic Marker
Lynnville Historic District 
Construction of the Nashville & Decatur Railroad and the partial burning of Old Lynnville (Waco) by Federal troops brought this charming town to its present location after the Civil War. The Lynnville National Register Historic District (1988) contains 59 buildings, with architectural examples from each period of the town's development from the 1860s through the early 1900s. 
Erected by Giles County Historical Society 1990

We rode back to Pulaski, stopping at Walmart and Murphys(gas). In Pulaski, we stopped at The Butcher Shop for some homegrown fresh meat.

We stopped at Flatrock Cheese, where we bought 3 different cheeses, some fried pies, stick candy, and a pint jar of local honey.

Then home by way of Minor Hill, TN.

2020 Jul 22, History of Cullman, Alabama & The "Katy-Did" Crash

Hubby and I spent several hours doing business in Cullman, when we finished, we rode through the Historic area in Cullman, where we saw several murals that represented Cullman in the 1880s.

Dinclkelberg's The Santa Clause Store

City Fire Station & Kullman's Hall

DT Kinney Horse & Mules 

Cullman County Historical Society

We took a different route home and came across a historic marker;

 "The "Katy~Did" Crash"

70 years after the 'Katy-Did' fell out of the north Alabama sky, the memorial honors 8 who died

The "Katy-Did" Crash 

Eight U.S. Army Air Corps officers and enlisted men were killed one-fourth mile east of here near the Roundtop Community on Sunday, April 9, 1944, at 2:20 p.m. when their B-26C Martin Marauder bomber, nicknamed the "Katy-Did," crashed nose-down, at full throttle, and exploded. The warplane was on an official flight from Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah, Georgia, to Memphis, Tennessee, when it encountered a severe thunderstorm. Witnesses reported that the plane reappeared from the heavy storm clouds upside down before crashing.

The victims were: 

Col. Lucius B. Manning, base commander, Hunter Army Airfield, Savannah, Georgia; 

Capt. Howard L. Hardy, pilot, La Harpe, Kansas; 

Capt. Arthur J. Gratis, co-pilot, Seattle, Washington; 

Sgt. John W. Haney, engineer, Buffalo, New York; 

Pvt. Matthew J. Geoghegan, mechanic, Bronx, New York; 

Pvt. John H. Bailey, radioman, Trenton, New Jersey; 

Sgt. James R. Smith, St. Maire, Idaho; 

1st Lt. Hugh Williams, Jr., Megehee, Arkansas.

We saw an Eagle perched on a power pole as we neared Wheeler Dam. 

Along the bank of the Tennessee River below Wheeler Dam, we saw these shorebirds.