Monday, May 28, 2012

Ambling across Tennessee


We chose US 64 as our route across TN mainly because we'd never been on it before and the Rand McNally showed it as multi-lane, not Interstate, going through lots of small towns. Great choice! It was beautiful and easy to drive. We stopped to see Shiloh and the battlefields of that huge Civil War battle. We stopped in little Pulaski because it had an RV friendly Walmart but also found its little historical museum in the basement of their library to be fascinating. A local old guy was more than happy to accompany us through the museum, telling stories.
A tour of the Jack Daniel Distillery in Lynchburg was fascinating.  Good news - the dry county now allows them to offer tasting tours...mmm, good. 

My favorite picture from Shiloh - bird nest and egg in the cannon.


Shiloh's cemetery - all the small markers are unidentified soldiers.  So few identified.  Almost 3,500 killed in 2 days in 1862.  So devastating...

Pulaski - interesting tiny town in TN.  They do NOT make a big deal of being the birthplace of the Ku Klux Klan...

Call this picture "Jack on the Rocks".  Behind us is the water source for all Jack Daniel whiskey in Lynchburg, TN.

Very fun special "tasting" tour - that's what we were doing...mellowing.

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