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We drove down to Madison, Indiana first to go
to our favorite fudge shop, the Madison
Fudge Factory & Guest Suites. What a great way to start the trip
than with fudge, and theirs is among the best! As we crossed the Ohio
River on U.S. 42, we noticed the Madison Regatta was taking place.
Traffic was stopped on the bridge, so we got to see some of the power
boats doing their thing on the Ohio River as we crossed on 421. |
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We took U.S. 421 down to the Bluegrass Parkway in Kentucky over
to US 31W. We stopped off at the Wigwam Village in Cave City, only to find a
banner stating "Back By Popular Demand...Under New Management". This
made us a little
nervous, as we knew how hard owner Ivan John worked to bring the
Wigwam back to its former glory. We found a young man, appearing to be in his 20's, behind the counter. We had brought the American Road
issue from last year that featured the Wigwam as the Memory Motel to
give to Ivan. We asked the young man if he was the owner and he said he and his uncle were. They purchased it from Ivan this past April,
as he retired and moved to Hawaii. We showed him the magazine, told
him who we were, and he seemed very grateful we brought the magazine
by. He seemed like a bright guy, so Jennifer & I seemed to think
later Ivan wouldn't have sold it to anyone who didn't share his
vision. Time will tell.
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Crossland Motel - Bowling Green, Kentucky |
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Crescent Bowl - US. 31 W, Bowling Green, Kentucky |
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Indian Statue at Dixie Discount - U.S. 31 W, Franklin, Kentucky |
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Big steer - U.S. 31 W, Franklin, Kentucky |
We rolled into Nashville early in the evening
and finally found a good mom & pop motel on US 70S in town. The
Midway Motel was a nice little place, as the owner graciously let us look at a room first. It was clean, no bugs, and the king size bed
had its own zip code! However, just looking for picture of the place
on Google, I found a story where someone was murdered there last
August...3 rooms down from ours. Gee, that soiled our view of the
place! OK, we then went downtown to Broadway where all the honky
tonks are. The crowd down there was unique...a mix of halter tops and
cowboy hats, women passing out passes to their "clubs", and a couple
of party buses driving around. The neon was pretty good though. We
ate dinner at the Hard Rock Cafe and then called it a night.
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Dixieland Delights - Nashville, Tennessee |
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Gaylord Entertainment Center - Nashville, Tennessee |
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Hard Rock Cafe - Nashville, Tennessee |
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Jack's Bar-B-Que - Nashville, Tennessee |
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The Stage on Broadway - Nashville, Tennessee |
On Sunday, we went around Nashville for a bit and took some photos of old signs.
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The Drake Motel - Nashville, Tennessee "Stay Where the Stars Stay" |
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Ozburn-Hessey Carpet Center - Nashville, Tennessee "We have Nashville Covered" |
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Bell South Building - Nashville, Tennessee |
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Gaylord Entertainment Center - Nashville, Tennessee |
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Downtown Nashville, Tennessee |
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Ryman Auditorium - Nashville, Tennessee |
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Last Chance Liquors - Nashville, Tennessee |
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Key Motel - Nashville, Tennessee |
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Charlie Bob's Restaurant - Nashville, Tennessee |
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Soap Opera Laundry - Nashville, Tennessee |
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Congress Inn - Nashville, Tennessee |
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Music City Liquors - Nashville, Tennessee |
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Grand Ole Opry House - Nashville, Tennessee |
We headed east out of Nashville on U.S. 70. Jennifer had some fun with Streets & Trips planning this trip, and it was worth it in the end. We saw some awesome scenery that you wouldn't have seen on the interstate...and we even ran over a snake slithering across the road. Just don't anyone tell Bob Waldmire about it, OK?
We first went through Lebanon...
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Dix's Plaza Motor Lodge - U.S. 70, Lebanon, Tennessee |
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Capitol Theatre - U.S. 70, Lebanon, Tennessee |
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Old sign - Hickory Hill Motel & Cafe - on U.S. 70 west of Lebanon, Tennessee |
We followed U.S. 70N, to TN 53 north. We followed TN 53 until it became KY
61. We followed that until we turned east onto KY 90, then U.S.
127.
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Wolf Creek Dam - U.S. 127, near Manntown, Kentucky |
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We then saw a place called Granny's Ice Cream & Soda
Fountain, as well as Pioneer Antiques and Collectibles. We stopped there and
looked around at the antiques and had some ice cream.
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Pioneer Antiques & Collectibles / Granny's Ice Cream - U.S. 127 near Jamestown, Kentucky |
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Lake Cumberland Motel - U.S. 127 and KY 55, Jamestown, Kentucky |
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Jamestown Court - U.S. 127, Jamestown, Kentucky |
We followed U.S. 127 to KY 49 north to KY 78, to KY 243. On KY 243, we saw a snake slithering across the road and unfortunately, couldn't stop in time to avoid it. Amber has seen the photo Pat took of the snake, and she has named him Snakey.
And thanks to
Denny Gibson, we stopped in at Penn's Store for some good local
chat and a visit with the many feline friends there. The place is
as deep in the hills of
Kentucky as one could get, but the stop was worth it.
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Penn's Store - Penn's Store is the oldest country store in America run by the same family since 1850. Located just off KY 243 in Gravel Switch, KY. Interestingly, Streets & Trips has the road marked as "Penn's Store Road", though they list it as Hustonville (?) Below are some adorable feline inhabitants there. | ||||
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We then headed up U.S. 68, toward the town of High Bridge, KY, named after the railroad bridge crossing the Kentucky River.
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Along U.S. 68 |
At High Bridge, Kentucky
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We continued on U.S. 68 for a short time, until we turned on KY 169, then to KY
33. Then we turned east onto U.S. 62 and north onto U.S. 127. We continued north
on Bypass U.S. 127 until we reached U.S. 60 in Frankfort, and headed west on
U.S. 60.
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Along KY 169 |
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Bridge on U.S. 62, west of Milner, Kentucky |
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Stratmore Motel - U.S. 127, Lawrenceburg, Kentucky |
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Sunset at intersection of U.S. 127 and Bypass U.S. 127, Lawrenceburg, Kentucky |
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Shelby Motel - U.S. 60, Shelbyville, Kentucky. It looked nice, so pulled in, considering to stay there. That is, until two people in the motel office stared at us suspiciously, so we decided not to stay there after all. |
By this time, it was getting late in the day, and although we had intended on being back in Indy by nightfall, we were looking at 11 pm at the earliest, so we decided to find a place for the night. We continued on U.S. 60 into Louisville, then crossed into Indiana on U.S. 31. We pulled off at a motel off US 31 in Clarksville, IN.
Today, we took US 150 west and had a decent breakfast at Frannie's Diner in Palmyra, IN. We were getting anxious to get home, so we took IN-337 to Orleans where we jumped on IN-37 up to Indy, with a stop in Bedford for frozen custard.
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On U.S. 31 near Clarskville, Indiana |
This page was last updated on Saturday, July 23, 2005