For years I lived within 2 hrs. of the Jack Daniel's distillery and didn't take the tour. Whiskey is ok, but I just didn't see how the tour could be very interesting. Then I went, and it was great fun. Lynchburg is a nice small town and the people who give the tour like their jobs.
Now I live near Century Farms Winery, and it's a good tour too. I wasn't expecting much, honestly, but it was a pretty weekend and it was a new place to me, and it made for a great trip.
Muscadines right off the vine, beautiful roses, a HARD working family making wine on a farm that has been in use for 150 years, and a great tour of the vineyard and some good wine to sample: time well spent. The kids even learned a little something and didn't get bored.
Then we followed it up with a visit to a restaurant and shops we'd never visited. Artopia is in Jackson, in a building that was a hotel decades ago, then a boarding house, and then a planned children's museum that got scrapped when "the tornado" hit it. But someone saw fit to fix it up and there are lots of small shops in it, as well as a decent restaurant, Cafe Capone. We had chicken parmesan, some great veggies and salads and dessert for the price of a Burger King meal.
So, all within easy distance of where I live there were places that were relaxing and enjoyable. I wonder what other places I'm missing?
That sounds like fun!
ReplyDeleteI really like Artopia. I ate there when Cafe Capone was a little tapas place. The service was iffy but the food was good. I haven't been since it changed hands.
I really only know about kid-friendly places, but the West Tennessee Discovery Center is now open, and we like the Donnell Century Farm (is that the same as the Century Farm Winery?)
The Safari Park in Alamo is pretty fun, too.