After loading up some of our antique furniture that we brought from Canada a year ago into a rented U-Haul truck, we headed out for Knoxville. Albeit it was a short drive this time, likely 2 1/2 hours drive east on Interstate 40, it did bring back some memories (both good and bad) of our six-day road trip from Vancouver to Murfreesboro a year ago last December. Our friend Jean had scheduled with her brother Alan to help me offload these into Jean's house so tha...

I've been unable to get access to the Inter-Web for these last few days as Jean hasn't got the service in her house so here I sit at the McDonald's in Clinton, TN for two hours while the girls shop the antique stores on Market Street in downtown Clinton. I've been here now for an hour or so, so it has allowed me to update the blog and get a bite to eat while they shop for those hidden treasures. I'm sitting here in the corner booth of McDonalds and if I keep my m...

We left Bradyville on Saturday, January 04th and headed to Deborah's hometown of Oak Ridge/Knoxville. Deb's best friend in the world, Jean Norris was kind enough to drive the two hours to middle Tennessee to pick us up. After a brief stop at Jean's to unload the luggage, we headed to a local Oak Ridge institution, Big Ed's Pizza. I'd heard about this place briefly when I was in Canada and thought that I'd just have to see it for myself. I didn't realize the histo...