Atlanta/Jack Daniels Distillery

We were finally able to take off for Atlanta last Friday after a slight delay. By Thursday afternoon Tommy had spent the previous day, night, and that morning throwing up. I took him to the vet and they gave him fluids and an anti nausea shot but thought someone should keep on eye on him that night. I really didn't want to leave him with the vet in some strange place for the night so we waited till the AM to leave. We had a wonderful, relaxing trip with Kirstin and Nathan. We did the usual hanging out, eating, and drinking. The weather only wanted to cooperate on Sunday so we headed out to the Inman Park Festival that afternoon. There were tons of vendors set up to walk around and look at and food to eat, and it was packed! It was great to see Kirstin and Nathan again and are so thankful for them letting us come and stay and taking such good care of us! :)



First evening there eating out

Inman Park Festival

Joe keeping an eye on the grill

On the way home we made a stop in Lynchberg, Tennessee. Every time we go to visit Kirstin we see the signs for the Jack Daniel's Distillery and talk about stopping, so we finally made time to do it. They offer free tours everyday- it was really neat. Interestingly the distillery is in a dry county, so the only alcohol they are allowed to sell is commemorative bottles of Jack Daniels. We also aren't able to get any samples on the tour, but they did let us get a few whiffs of the whiskey at 140 proof before it is filtered... wow! Unfortunately they don't allow you to take any pictures inside the buildings.

The stream they use the water from to make the whiskey

Statue of Mr. Jack Daniels

Joe with a picture of Mr. Daniels in his office

These are the only 7 Master-distillers the distillery has ever had. They have the important job of tasting the whiskey and deciding it's perfect age to be bottled. Joe and I wondered what happened if he burnt his tongue or had a cold?!?! I thought it was really interesting that the whiskey is clear when it is put in the barrels, and after a few years it develops it's color and flavor.

Joe with his newly purchased commemorative bottle of Jack! :)

After the tour we stopped in "Historic Lynchberg", which is basically a square of shoppes and restaurants all selling Jack Daniels items with a courthouse in the middle- it was really cute! We were able to buy a few items as well as some Jack Daniels fudge, which was very tastey! :)

This could be a looong game.....

As long as work schedules will allow we will head to Tampa in about 3 weeks to visit Ash and Keaton.... hoping for some nice weather and some beach time!

For our last day of vacation today we put in our garden!! Wahoo! Hopefully everything survives through the upcoming storms and we have some yummy vegetables in a few weeks!

Hope everyone is happy and healthy and enjoying their spring!!