Down East trip - almost home

Next morning driving through Tennessee we drove past Clarksville, another town made famous by a song (The Monkees)


And more pretty scenery



Until it was time for Bill to do his first call-in meeting that day - which he did while pacing the road in the one area in Land Between the Lakes that we found had good cell reception


Then our goal for lunch - Kentucky Dam Village and some favorite food we remembered from when we lived there in the mid 1970's


Kentucky Hot Browns


And catfish with hush puppies


Deleted the photo of fried green tomatoes by mistake

The lake





And nearby in Calvert City, the former 3M plant that Bill used to work at





Then Paducah where we lived






The flood wall and gates on the Ohio River





Cool bridge











And then into Effingham IL which makes Bill keep saying that it sounds like a swear word. town has about 11,000 people but quite a few hotels as its on the interstate.
Brand new Hampton Inn which is very nice


We saw a place down the road as we drove in called Firefly Grill so decided we should go there just in recognition of a favorite show, Firefly. Looked it up first though and discovered its a very good restaurant, probably only possible in a town like this due to the travelers coming through. Waiter told us about 40% of their business is tourists.

Turned out to be very good!






Tropical Cosmo


Wonderful scallops on English pea risotto


Bill's halibut


Dessert called "best banana cake in the world" and I'm voting for it - even more amazing was Bill liked it better than his chocolate decadence cake


Back of the restaurant


Garden where they grow their own vegetables




Tomorrow the drive to the Dells and then home the next day.

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