Wednesday, June 19, 2019

Explore Tennessee Tuesday 6/18/2019

The weather this week has been rain throughout each day, so our plan to visit the Cummins Fall State Park was put on hold for now. Instead, we headed to Cookeville, where we almost bought a house, to visit some of their local shoppes in the historic district. We were hungry, so we stopped for lunch at Seven Senses, a place we had enjoyed a year ago. John had the Southern Fried Chicken wrap and I had a Steak & Mushroom Wrap* Angus beef tenderloin, grilled mushrooms and onions, provolone, chipotle ranch, which was out of this world!
From there we wandered around the historic district shops, including a Team Memorabilia/Antique shop where John offered to buy me a canvas painting of Peyton as a Tennessee Volunteer for $399. Sorry, Peyton, but I had to pass. Down the street and around the corner was the Cookeville Depot Museum, where we spent a pleasant half hour looking around. Here are a few photos:
      



A trip to the Cream City Ice Cream Shop completed our day!

The shop is charming and the flavors are delicious. John had the salted caramel and I had a Mexican chocolate (chocolate, Mexican vanilla and a hint of cayenne).

Maybe the weather will cooperate next week and we can get to one of Tennessee's many state parks! 

Explore Tennessee Tuesday 6/11/2019

We decided this week to explore around our own hometown a bit. We started our morning with a 1.64 mile walk around Lake Tansi, and then headed to Tennessee Pavilions to check out that kits. As beautiful as they were, they are out of my price range, but I am still glad we stopped by.

Next we went to a local junque emporium, where we found a cabinet we are going to repurpose for the kitchen, and then headed to the Mad Batter Bakery where we had coffee and pastry.

Next we checked out the local outlet mall, and picked up a few items for John for Father's Day before heading to our favorite store (Lowe's) for more mulch and a shepherd's crook before heading home to do some gardening.

Explore TN Tuesday May 28, 2019

Our first Explore Tennessee Tuesday saw us head north, where John wanted to check out an apiary he had seen on our way home from Indy.
 When we stopped there, the owner was feeding their dogs and so we waited in his office for him. He was 80 years old, and diagnosed with bone cancer 3 years ago. We sat and talked for half an hour, and he offered to set us up with 1 or 2 working hives. He was going to call us with prices, but so far, nothing. Before we left, we checked out his puppies, a Pyrenee/Anatolian Shepherd mix. They were so beautiful!

After leaving there, we headed to the Cumberland General Store where we wandered around for a bit, and ended up buying some fudge before leaving.  Our final stop for the day was the Highland Manor Winery. We bought a Seyval Blanc and a Muscadine and had a picnic lunch of sausage, cheese and crackers.