2010 October 11, Monday, Jack Daniels Distillery Lynchburg, Tennessee

This was our trip to Lynchburg, TN, to the Jack Daniel's Distillery. 

My husband slept late, and we did not leave until about 9:30 A.M. We arrived in Fayetteville, TN, at 11 A.M., stopping at Honeys Bar and Grill to eat lunch. 

Honeys Bar and Grill

I ordered a slaw hamburger, and my husband ordered a regular hamburger and onion rings. We both ordered iced tea with lemon. 

I took pictures of the Lincoln County Courthouse, CSA markers, two cannons that were brought here from Fort Morgan in Mobile Bay, the war memorial, and the old Lincoln Theater. 

Lincoln Theater. 

Lincoln County Courthouse, CSA markers, two cannons 

We then headed east on Highway 64 to Lynchburg, Tennessee. 

We met two couples from Ohio driving a Chrysler Town and Country, just the same color and year model as the one we. The driver laughed and said, "I hope you guys do not get mixed up in which van you are driving." " laughed and said, "I'm sure we would notice that the tag is from Ohio."

We parted ways and headed to the visitor's center, where we got tickets to go watch a movie about the life of Jack Daniel and the start of Jack Daniel's Whiskey.

The movie had already started, and the room was pitch-black, so I sat in the first seat I came to. My husband squeezed next to me, and I could hear his heartbeat with every breath he took. The man next door. I leaned over and said, "I am sorry if I am too close, but it is dark in here, and I was afraid to move."

After the movie, we were ushered outside to a small bus and driven to the top of the hill, where the tour began.

We were all asked to line up for a group picture, which could be downloaded for free from the Internet a few days later. 

I was telling my husband that a year ago, I had to actually walk up that hill, and the woman behind me said she remembered that. 

The area where we got off the bus was the charcoal area, and our tour guide, Jesse James, asked if anyone wanted whiskey sprayed on their arm. Several said yes, and boy, was it strong.

The guide explained how whiskey is made, but I was too busy taking pictures.

We followed him to the spring, from which all the water is used to make the whiskey. The water came from a spring inside the cave. The cave becomes smaller the further back it goes, until it becomes a small hole.

Jack Daniel's Tour 

Jack Daniel's Touinat the spring

Jack Daniel's Tour standing next to Jack

Jack Daniel's Tour relaxin.g 

Jack Daniels Tour sitting on the wall

Mr. James took pictures of several people in our group, each with their own camera.

We were then taken to Mr. Jack Daniels's old office, where we were told the story about the safe.

Jack Daniel got up early one morning and went to his office. Jack needed to get into his safe but forgot the combination. Jack got angry and kicked the safe with his foot, breaking his toe.

His toe got infected, had to be removed, and later his foot, then his leg, and later he died. 

Jack Daniel was only 5 feet 2 inches tall, not a very big man.

Several pictures were hanging in the office, and an old potbelly stove, and in one room was the grain used in making Jack Daniel's Whiskey: Rye, Wheat, and Corn.

We walked to the brewing house, where the brewing machines were shut down for annual maintenance. We went through several buildings up and down several flights of stairs. 

The last building we went through was the barrelhouse. This is where the whiskey is stored until it is sold. The whiskey stored at the bottom was the best, because it does not get as hot. 

We were told the story about Moore County being a dry county and how Jack got started making whiskey. Jack never married and left his distillery to his favorite nephew, Lem Motlow. 

Motlow was the brains behind making Jack Daniel's a success.

Barrel of Jack

Motlow House 

After the tour, we were given a glass of ice-cold lemonade. (Very good)

We toured the museum, taking pictures, and went outside to take some more.

We walked down to a bridge connecting the distillery to the small historic town of Lynchburg, Moore County, Tennessee. 

I walked across the bridge while my husband waited behind me. I walked around town, taking pictures of the courthouse, the Moore County marker, the veterans' marker, and several stores. 

As we were leaving, I took a picture of Lem Motlow's old home place.

We headed west to Winchester, Tennessee, where we stopped to take a few pictures.

Driving thru Winchester 

Oldham Theater in Winchest, Tennessee

We then headed toward Huntsville the long way. My husband stopped along the highway (Davey Crockett Hwy/64 hwy.) so I could take pictures of John Ruck, Kentucky, Polly Crockett, and Jesse Bean, all in Belvidere, Tennessee.

We then rode through New M, stopping to take pictures of the Skirmish of Limestone Road, the Town of New Market, and Buckhorn Tavern.

2 miles NW on Old Limestone Road during a Skirmish August 5, 1862
Federal General Robert L McCook was killed by men of Capt Frank Gurley's Confederate unit. In retaliation, the Federal forces burned and pillaged the area. 

We stopped at Cheaders in Huntsville to eat supper. I ordered a Caesar salad, taco soup (mostly whole tomatoes), and iced tea. My husband ordered grilled shrimp, ribs, and a couple of sides. 

I was not impressed with the fool. 

We stopped at T&T Grocery to get, and then we went home. I uploaded my pictures onto the computer and then to Flickr. 

Ready for my next day trip. Where will it be?

🚙2015 ~ Tuesday, July 14, Day Trip to Tullahoma Tennessee

My husband followed me to Champion Chrysler in Athens, where we left the van to get the oil changes and to have them check why the back seat would not return to the sitting position.

We ate breakfast at IHOP in Athens. I ordered a banana, pecan waffle with whipped cream, and diet Pepsi, and my husband ordered hotcakes, two eggs over easy, and bacon with diet Pepsi.

Great breakfast, which costs us $20.56 plus tip.

banana, pecan waffle with whipped cream

hotcakes, two eggs over easy, and bacon

We left Athens, traveling up I-65 north, exiting onto hwy 64 at Frankewing, then hwy 64 to Fayetteville, taking hwy 50 through Mulberry, just past Lynchburg, 50 turns into 55 all the way to Tullahoma.

Our first stop was the Beechcraft Staggering Museum, 570 Old Shelbyville hwy. Hours are from 8:30 A.M. until 4:30 P.M., and the cost per person is $10.00.

We entered the lobby, paid, and visited the museums. There were three rooms of Beechcraft airplanes, a cabin, several miniature planes, and lots of memorabilia.

We saw a bright yellow Beechcraft NC-230 in the lobby.

Inside the museums were many different styles, colors, and sizes of Beechcraft-built airplanes, some with markers providing more information and many with names and aircraft numbers.

Yellow Gilmore NC230 

Beechcraft Museum

Beechcraft Museum

On the cabin was a marker that read: The Louise M. Thaden Office and Library Building, dedicated to Louise M. Thaden, pioneer aviatrix, who held altitude, solo endurance, and speed records in 1929. The first woman to enter and the only woman ever to win the Bendix Race in Staggerwing C17R in 1936; Harmon Trophy recipient in 1936; and inspired the creation of the Staggerwing Museum Foundation Inc., June 14, 1974.

Inside the museum, in the hallway, is a photo of Mrs. Thaden and the 15835 airplane.

 Mrs. Thaden and the 15835 airplanes.

The Louise M. Thaden Office and Library Building 

We traveled to 401 S. Jackson Street to the Fine Arts Museum, but it was closed in July. 

I took pictures outside, a historic marker, statues, and flowers.

Jane, Emma, and AFFA Aillet, the three sisters, businesswomen, and artists, owned and operated J & EA Baillet Millinery Shop, where they created original, fashionable ladies' wear and hats. 

Tullahoma History Trail 

Ballet Home is now the city's regional Fine Arts Center. Sisters Jennie and Affa Baillet, and their parents, lived and worked here beginning in the 1870s. Jennie was an artist, and the family operated a millinery store downtown. They watched much of what happened in Tullahoma during its prosperous years between 1875 and 1925.

Fine Arts Center

Fine Arts Center

We travel to 101 Mitchell Blvd to the Science Museum, which costs $5.00.

Outside, we first saw the Goethert Observatory, on the door is a marker that reads:

Goethert Observatory

Dr. Bernhard H. Goethert

October 20, 1907 - March 29, 1988 

Dedicated January 17, 2002 

Dr. Goethert was a distinguished scientist, engineer, and educator, and was instrumental in the creation of The University of Tennessee Space Institute and the UTSI Observatory.

UTSI donated this observatory to the Hands-on-Science Center

For the scientists and engineers of the future.

Goethert Observatory 

GOODRICH 

In May 2008, the Landing Gear division of Goodrich completely refurbished the Goethert Observatory. This work included major structural repairs and the restoration of a ten- and twelve-inch telescope.

The Landing Gear Division of Goodrich is next door to the Hands-on-Science Center. Past donations include a complete landing gear display and the property that is now home to HOSE.

Along the path in front of the observatory were the planets Mars, Earth, Venus, Mercury, Saturn, Neptune, etc

Inside, we saw the planets floating above us, NASA's Space Station, & N201C Marion Cole airplane. We saw a turkey, a bobcat, a coyote, a fox, a beaver, and a bear.

On the ceiling were kids' handprints in red, orange, blue, yellow, and purple, some from the fifth-grade children of Robert E. Lee School in 2007. 

We saw fossil coral found in Wagner Creek, Dioptase silicates, and many different sizes, shapes, and colors of quartz geodes.

We saw the Elements Table, the periodic table of elements.

We saw the world's heaviest & longest species of pine cones.

We saw many hands-on activities, including pipes of the pan, the shadow room, how clear can you see this, putting on a pair of glasses, and tossing a ball toward a target.

We saw the intestines of the human body and the brain tissue.

We saw many different colors and shapes of linking toys.

We saw a staircase that went to a mural door. 

We filled a paper balloon with hot air.

I stood behind a Bug Eye bug statue to get my picture made.

Science Museum

Science Museum

Science Museum

We saw three shelves of miniature airplanes that were tested/developed 10 miles away at the USAF Arnold Engineering Development Center AEDC.

We saw the US 1903 Wright Flyer, US 127 Ryan Spirit of St. Louis, US 1932 Gee Bee, US Goodyear Blimp, US P-51 Mustang, US Doc3 Douglas, Navy Hellcat, Army AC P-51 Mustang, Army AC B-25 Mitchell, and many more.

Live animals: a snake, a spider, and a lizard.

We talked to a couple of the curators; one was from Indiana, and the other was local.

I asked if they had ever visited the George Dickels Distillery. The woman said she had a friend who worked there. The curator said the tour is excellent and that you will have to hurry because the last tour ends at 3:30 P.M.

We got lost trying to find George Dickels Distillery. We arrived at 3:00 P.M. and walked inside.

The tour will not start until 3:30 P.M., which is the last tour of the day. We bought a 7UP and a piece of chocolate candy, and we sat down at a table to eat the candy and drink the 7UP.

I went outside and took pictures of the building, which had a sign reading: Provision, General Merchandise, George A.A. Dickels & Co., Cascade General Store, US Post Office.

I took a picture of the statue of George Dickels, the distillery, the Charcoal Ricks plaque, & the cabin. Inside, I took photos of our waiting room, the US Post Office in Dickels, Tennessee, the Souurmsh car, with writing on the side that read: Established 1870, Cascade Distillery, George A Dickels & Co-Founder, proprietors Geo & Augusta Dickels, and I took a picture of a couple of quilts.

The group of six was all taken on a forty-five-minute tour of the distillery. Our guide brought an umbrella, as there was a good chance of rain. Our guide said that if it starts raining, the tour will end, but it did not rain.

On the tour, we were shown the whiskey-making process and the barrel house.

At the end of the tour, we were offered the option to taste several different whiskeys for $10.00.

Hubby had to drive home, so we did not taste any whiskey.

They spell Whisky without the e.

George Dickels Distillery

The cabin 

Taking the tour 

We were in Lynchburg when it started raining, and it poured buckets for several miles.

We stopped in Frankewing to eat dinner at Sarge's Shack, where I ordered a sirloin steak, sauteed mushrooms, and a salad with house dressing. Hubby ordered Rib Steak, a baked potato, salad, and Texas toast. It was perfect, and we both ordered a Diet Pepsi to go.

We got onto I-65 to Athens, where we picked up our Chrysler Van. No7 P.M., the salesmen were closing up shop.

We traveled home and were home within the hour.

Had a great time in Tullahoma. The day started out very hot and humid, over 90 degrees. After the storm, the temperature dropped to 73?