The Eiffel Tower, Paris

I have always enjoyed travel! Yesterday we saw the Eiffel Tower in Paris! Tennessee that is!! LOL! Hopefully, one day, I will see the REAL one!! Paris is a small town in the northwest just south of the Kentucky state line. Backing up a little, Bruce Johnson, Hailey's other grandpa, took a motorcycle trip up to the Land Between the Lakes, a federal park that is shared by Kentucky and Tennessee. He brought back a brochure of a restaurant he had stopped at, and friends Bill and Gail Gage, who had lived in that area, endorsed it as a must visit place. Cheryl wanted to visit and of course Paul and I jumped at the chance to take a day trip! So the six of us made the actual destination for the day Patti's restaurant in Kentucky. Nate thought it was a little far to go for lunch, but it was more than just lunch! On the way we stopped in Erin, a small Irish town where we saw Accents by Bonnie, a florist store, with lots of GREAT things to admire, at one end and Paul's Pizza Palace at the other end of the street!
The colors along the way were again gorgeous! We did have lunch at Patti's, and it was a great experience. They were already decorated to the hilt with Christmas decorations, each of the 8 dining rooms a different theme. Both Paul and I had the 1 inch porkchops...we could have had a 2-incher, but wanted room for dessert...and shared a Boo Boo pie for dessert! It was on the way back when I saw we would be going through Paris, I told them we had to stop to see the Eiffel Tower.... They all thought I was joking, as Gail, growing up in the area, had never seen it. But I do my homework, and I pride myself in finding the unusual (like the Gopher Museum!). So, sure enough, we did find it and everyone will now remember that we actually have the Eiffel Tower here in TN!

Last weekend we joined in the fun at Franklin Pumpkin festival. Karyn has all the great pics on her site. I do believe if you look, you would be able to find a festival every weekend here in TN. It is great fun! That evening we joined the over 55 on a hay ride.....I think it was the first one I have been on!! Paul remembers a couple growing up.