Friday, June 3, 2011
Daisy Holt's Driveway, Princeton, KY: 4/5-11
This should have been a really easy travel day. The roads were dry and relatively flat, without curves, and the route was easy to follow. We had a nice lunch at a Subway in Paris, TN (lunch in Paris -- how romantic is that?). When we were about 30 miles from Daisy's house we pulled into a truck overnight area for a quick bathroom stop. Willie started looking frantically around and quickly realized that she had left her purse in the Subway in Paris, TN. UGH! The purse contained our (only) cell phone, Willie's iPod Touch, and our Verizon Fivespot -- about $1000 worth of electronic gadgets plus all the usual valuables. In a panicky visit to the weigh station, we were able to call the Subway and verify that they had her purse. Then we had to drop the trailer in the lot and drive back 70 miles (each way) to get the purse. We arrived at Daisy's house about 7:15pm and were able to get set up before it was totally dark.
We had a really fun visit with Daisy. We started out with a visit to Paducah to do some big store shopping and attend the Live in HD Encore production of "Lucia de Lammermoor", which was EXCELLENT. We also had a delicious dinner at The Olive Garden. We took scenic drives around the Land Between the Lakes with Daisy. On Sunday, we went to Owensboro, KY, to meet our FB and Castle Age friend & mentor, Laura Dillander, at Moonlite Bar-B-Q. This was a fun experience and we lamented the fact that we could not get together more often. The food was tasty, with a really SUPERB dessert buffet. We also visited the Owensboro Museum of Fine Art, one of the area's best kept secrets, and saw an interesting display of "The Divine in Art" which covered many centuries of religious art. They had a really well-done display of an entire set of stained glass windows rescued from a soon-to-be-demolished church.
We had a really fun visit with Daisy. We started out with a visit to Paducah to do some big store shopping and attend the Live in HD Encore production of "Lucia de Lammermoor", which was EXCELLENT. We also had a delicious dinner at The Olive Garden. We took scenic drives around the Land Between the Lakes with Daisy. On Sunday, we went to Owensboro, KY, to meet our FB and Castle Age friend & mentor, Laura Dillander, at Moonlite Bar-B-Q. This was a fun experience and we lamented the fact that we could not get together more often. The food was tasty, with a really SUPERB dessert buffet. We also visited the Owensboro Museum of Fine Art, one of the area's best kept secrets, and saw an interesting display of "The Divine in Art" which covered many centuries of religious art. They had a really well-done display of an entire set of stained glass windows rescued from a soon-to-be-demolished church.
# posted by Doug and Willie @ 1:02 PM 
