Folk School~Home

 after breakfast in Murphy, we stopped in Brasstown to visit the Folk School

 The music Room

 The pond

 stone bench, with blacksmith forged legs

 the gift shop

 lots of pottery

 love the twig bench

 black smithed items, my fav
I've been wanting to take a blacksmith class here, or any class for that matter, they have a great listing

 twig arbor

 the gift shop outside

the fence was lined with articles made by past students

 scrap man, love it

a stop at Clays Corner

 look what the Hubby found

 these shirts were great, Opossum, the other white meat

 this man owned this bug for 30 years, he told us about all the cool local places to visit, off roading, fishing, hunting

 the opossum at Clays Corner

 our highway

 um, is this a bad sign

 yes it was, rain with no wipers and no top, not a good thing

 when the windshield comes to your forehead all the rain jumps off the top and hits you in the head, hard to see that way, and on the curvy road to boot

 oh look, a dam tractor trailer, luckily the rain let up

 we need a break after all that, so we stop behind Bridal Veil Falls

the rain cooled it down a bit, now maybe it will be a nice ride

 this is a view out my side of the car, I am so low I can see under the guard rails, a good drop off here. The joys of riding in a Cobra

• you are closer to nature, the smell of honeysuckle, roadkill
• you can enjoy the weather, wind in your hair, rain in your face
• smaller vehicle means togetherness, but too noisy to talk
• smaller vehicle means you pack light, no room to buy junk

 almost home

 curves? bring em'

 stopped at Strawberry Hill for some homemade ice cream

 love coke memorabilia

 they are getting awful commercialized, not the small town place it used to be, but they are the only ones that do homemade ice cream, I tried blackberry this time, love it

 picking strawberries

 see all the peaches, The Hubby hates to see the ones waste away on the ground

Jack Daniels to Ocoee Marina

 Early Sunday Morning in Lynchburg, TN

breakfast at Iron Kettle

 The Lynchburg Square

 A few neat finds in the townsquare stores
I love enamelware but don't think I could drill holes in it to make this

 this was right up my sons alley, too funny

 pink, cowgirl style

 I think I need this sign

 this tin ceiling is to die for

 Jack Daniels Distillery

 Slats for making coke

 Their own firetrucks, these are retired

 The cave that the springs come from, the making of good whisky

 Affectionately called Jack on the Rocks

 First distillery office

 The safe that ultimately killed Jack, he kicked it, gangrene and died of it

 Jacks motto, that they still work by today

 Love the barrels and the jars, we were unable to buy a barrel, guess I could have carried it on my lap, NOT

 Where the magic happens

 sure tell sign of moonshine making

 the grounds were very well kept

 you can buy Jack by the barrel, about $12,000.

country music jam, signed by many country stars including Miranda Lambert

So, after taking a tour of both the Jack and Dickel distilleries, I've decided I like the smaller more laid back location of the Dickel. The tour was great, small group, funny guide, I just felt more welcome there. 
Funny thought, neither Richard or I drink, but we took two whiskey tours in two days

this is how they roll in Middle TN from behind it says Dead End

 the road behind

 the road ahead

 this is our idea of a road trip, no highways for us

 look at all we would miss on a highway

 great countryside

 Ocoee Dam

 we stayed at Ocoee INN

the view from the parking lot

pretty flowers planted in front of the INN

stopped to dip our toes, but only quickly we are in a no parking zone