A tour through Tennessee wouldn't be complete without a distillery tour. Lynchburg is the home to the Jack Daniel's distillery so that's our stop this morning. Actually the tour isn't until this afternoon, but lunch in Lynchburg is on the schedule beforehand. Miss Mary Bobo's Boarding House on Main Steet is serving up some fine southern cooking family style and I'm here to tell you it is pretty darn good. Fried chicken, pork tenderloin, potatoes, beans, apples made with a touch (generously) of Old Nr. 7 and much more. Our large group was broken up into three smaller groups to accommodate the small dining rooms in the boarding house. There was nothing small about the amount of food being served, though. We heard stories of the boarding house came to be and the number of people who lived there over the years. With a tasty dessert under our belts it was time to explore the square on Lynchburg and the shopping opportunities available. Did I mention that the Invitational BBQ Championship was being held this weekend in Lynchburg? Well, it is, Thousands of people with BBQ on their minds will descend on this small town and maybe increase the population three fold. I love BBQ but good thing we're heading out this afternoon after a visit to the Distillery.
It's a great day for touring the Jack Daniel's Distillery! A leisurely guided tour of the whiskey making process complete with an assault on our senses of smell (a good one, that is) from one of vats filtering the nearly finished product. We saw the office where Mr. Jack worked every day, the ate that ultimately led to his untimely death, to the cave spring where the water used to make Jack Daniel's whiskey comes from. It's a great walking tour filled with history to the current process of making Tennessee's finest. Our tour guides did a remarkable job and we thank them very much.
After a quick stop at one of Travel Master's staple restaurants, Cracker Barrel in Dickson, Tennessee, it's onward now to our final night's hotel, back to the Doubletree in Jackson. (To quote the song of Johnny & June Carter Cash. I'm goin' to Jackson, Jackson, Tennessee).
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