Just where
is this farm Debbie is going on so much about, you ask? Well, I'll tell you. It's a little less than 30 minutes from Crossville, Tennessee. Crossville is a sweet little town on the Cumberland Plateau (the locals pronounce it Plat-Awwww). Our farm is at 1900 feet elevation which makes it about 8 degrees cooler than Knoxville or Chattanooga, the 2 closest cities.
We just love the original downtown...here's a sampling of what it looks like.
The local bank decorated the light pole out front with corn stalks and ribbon. Actually, the whole downtown had cornstalks on all the poles. Too cute!
We believe this is the county courthouse, but haven't had enough time to investigate that yet. Every hour on the hour the big stone church around the corner plays a hymn on the bells for all to hear. When I hear that music tears sting the back of my eyes.....it's brings back precious memories for me.
The old theater is still up and running.
We need to check out this war museum, too. So many things to look into, so little time.
Joel and I had to giggle........this is considered a Crossville heavy traffic travel time. Ha! We had 3 whole cars in front of us at the stop light.
There's even a pretty gazebo next to the courthouse.
Can't wait to check out this old fashioned drug store....wonder if it has a soda fountain inside?
And, yes, they sell moonshine, too! Peavine is a road in and around Crossville.
The annual Apple Festival was going on this last weekend so we made a quick run thru to see what they had there. There were lots of crafts and homemade soaps and jellies.
And, of course, there were tractors on display.
We got a real kick out of this "train" pulling little kiddles around the festival. Did you notice the "cars" were made out of drums?
Aren't these bird feeders cool? They're made from old glassware glued together.
And these painted gourds were really pretty, too.
I think the dragonfly was made from old fan blades and a rolling pin covered in chicken wire.
I could have loaded the truck with all these mums, they were just so pretty in large masses.
Well, there you have it....a small taste of Crossville. There are so many more places to visit, it'll take us a long time to begin to see them all.
Checkin' out the locals,
Debbie
