Monday, March 30, 2026

Cracker Barrel, Corbin, KY

 

Some Cracker Barrels this is what you see as you pull into the Parking Lot...the back of the store.  This store is very well kept, although I can tell it is not one of the newer Cracker Barrels.  I did a search and found out it is Cracker Barrel #8, opened in 1971, in Corbin KY.  Today we must have seen a dozen Cracker Barrels along our route.  Lebanon TN, the headquarters for Cracker Barrel, is around 100 to 150 miles from any spot we were driving along I-75 today.  This corridor is one of the first areas they focused on as they started opening new stores after the first one opened in 1969.

 

We faced a good amount of traffic today, but the traffic was much heavier headed south.  We had just a couple of minor construction areas, and for the most part the drivers all acted reasonable today.

As spring nears, some of the Redbud or Dogwood trees are starting to bloom.  Don't know which one it is, don't care to know...I just know they look nice.  Another couple of weeks and this area is going to look very pretty.

 

Tomorrow...off to another Cracker Barrel, this one will be close to Cincinnati, where my youngest lives with his family.

 

Sunday, March 29, 2026

Marcia and Gerry - Nearly 55 Years of Friendship

 Memories fade, but Friendship Lives on Forever...

Gerry was having a hard day, but we were able to have a half hour visit with her.  91 this year, her age is catching up to her.  Well, it is catching up with all us one way or another.

We had a good, but short visit.  Fought the Atlanta traffic until we were a dozen miles north along I-75 when it did thin out just a bit.  We stopped at another Cracker Barrel, this one in Cartersville, GA.  We have nearly 500 miles to get to my son's place outside Cincinnati, and two days of driving to get there by Wednesday morning...so we just shut her down and are staying here.