Left the house at about 6:30 A.M., drove up Highway 43 to Highway 64 leading to Pulaski, Ten, then onto I-65 toward Nashville, Ten.
We rode through construction and early-morning traffic.
We arrived in Paducah, Ky., at about 10:30 A.M.
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| Murals along N Water Street. Each mural tells a story |
We walked along the riverfront on Water Street, which displays several blocks of 43 beautifully painted storytelling murals by Robert Dafford and his team. It has taken over 11 years to paint these Wall-to-Wall murals, which depict the "3 queens": visiting Paducah, the American Queen, the Delta Queen, and the Mississippi Queen.
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| Whaler's Catch Restaurant and Oyster Bar Market |
We walked around the town back to Whaler's Catch Restaurant and Oyster Bar Market to eat lunch.
Whaler's Catch is located in the historic Johnson Building on Second Street in Paducah.
Outside is the main dining area, the Crow's Nest, which overlooks the River.
We had boiled seafood Potpourri, cooked shrimp, crab cakes, baked fish, salad, and iced tea. Their specialty is a pot of black-eyed peas; everyone is welcome to take a bowl.
After the meal, we walked across the street to the National Quilt Museum.
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| Quilt Museum, along with Lewis, Clark, and their dog |
On the lawn outside the museum were displayed five statues: Lewis, Clark, Indian Girl, Man, and Seaman. (The dog Lewis paid $20 for, and he only paid $5 for Paducah.)
At the National Quilt Museum, we saw A Sense of Balance, The Chicago School of Fusing, The National Quilt Museum Collection, and the Miniature Quilt Collection.
In the sense of balance display, we saw how quiltmakers of the past balanced form, color, and lines in their quilts.
In the Chicago School of Fusing, we saw works by artists that featured vibrant, whimsical, and 3-D quilt-cloth objects. "Fiesta Del Mar I," by Anne Lillie, Autobiography, by Susan Else
Ongoing exhibits include quilts donated by the museum's founders, Bill and Meredith Schroeder, as well as award-winning quilts from the American Quilter's Society quilt show and contest, donated through AQS.
The collection includes more than 300 quilts created by more than 333 quiltmakers.
The miniature quilts may not be wider or longer than 24 inches, and they must be reduced in scale.
We rode along the Ohio River, where we saw tugboats, Raymond Schultz Park, and historic markers along the Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway.
We drove back through Paducah, and I took pictures of old buildings (bank, churches, theater, Irvin Cobb Hotel, Tilghman home/Civil War Museum, Hank Bro and Jones Hardware building, etc.).
We rode past the Oak Grove cemetery, where Irvin S. Cobb, Dr. Reuben Saunders, and others were buried.
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| Indian wood carving by Peter Wolf to honor the Chickasaw Indians. |
We stopped at Noble Park to take a picture of Peter Wolf's Indian wood carving to honor the Chickasaw Indians. The trail of the whispering giants, Wacinton, is intended to foster understanding.
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| Superman Metropolis, IL |
We then drove to Metropolis, where we saw two statues. The first statue was a ten-foot Superman in front of the Metropolis courthouse, and the other was Big John in front of Big John's Grocery store.
We rode to Harrods casino, where we spent $5.00.
We saw a sign that said we would get $100 and a free meal at Harrods, so we went to check it out.
You had to be a first-time player, play for a solid hour, and lose $100, and they would reimburse you.
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| Beautiful staircase at Whitehaven Mansion, Welcome Center, Paducah |
We stopped at the Welcome Center located! -24 Eastbound Mile Marker 28 in Paducah at Whitehaven
On our way home, we stopped in Grand Rivers, Kentucky, a Patti's 1880 settlement, where we saw a small church, animals, boating, a waterwheel, and a flower garden.
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| Patti's 1880 Settlement |
For dinner, we ordered an appetizer at Patties restaurant.
We arrived home at about 9:30 P.M. We had a wonderful day.
