Last day in Columbia, TN

97º with a "feel like" of 109º at 3:45 pm here near Columbia, TN on Wednesday.  This morning I wrote a letter to brother Don, who is having a rough time with dementia and pulled out some old photos to print with the letter to maybe jog his memory.  These are not those photos, but are ones that are of my family that I saw at that time and maybe some may enjoy.  At right is my mom with her grandkids at the time of my Dad's funeral in 1978.
 

This is son Cameron with his cousin Rusty on Shetland pony "Brownie" many many years ago.

Here is Phyllis' mom Pauline on a horse with daughter Michelle & son Cameron -- again, many years ago--probably in the late '60's.

Phyllis on the same horse with Michelle

Cameron taking a bath in Grandma Cabbage's kitchen sink -- probably in 1966 or 1967.

My sister Louise --- who passed away in 2008.

Was 75º when I got up this morning and worked a bit on one of the trailer wheel chocks.  We went into Columbia about 9:30 am for breakfast at Marcy Jo's Muletown in the Round

Muletown in the Round is filmed an hour south of Nashville in Columbia, Tennessee (affectionately known as “Muletown”), each episode of the series is a truly special event – bringing together legendary country songwriters for an evening of music and storytelling. Filmed at Marcy Jo’s Muletown, a local restaurant and music venue co-owned by Grammy Award-winning musician and author Rory Feek, Muletown in the Round features a different lineup of songsmiths coming together for a half hour each week in the intimate musical setting.

We ate at a table for breakfast just a few feet from the stage.  Programs are always on the weekend.  

After looking around at their gift area, and buying some books, we walked a few blocks away and spent time in a large indoor (air conditioned) antique emporium.  Drove through some neighborhoods of Columbia and came back to the trailer--sitting direct in sun and the A/C rarely cycles.

Here are some items in the antique store that caught my camera but not my wallet:

This was a wooden sign to be hung in the kitchen or dining room, I guess.

GROANER'S CORNER:((     Ralph and Edna were both patients in a mental hospital.  One day while they were walking past the hospital swimming pool, Ralph suddenly jumped into the deep end. He sank to the bottom of the pool and stayed there. Edna promptly jumped in to save him. She swam to the bottom and pulled Ralph out.  When the Head Nurse became aware of Edna's heroic act she immediately ordered her to be discharged from the hospital, as she now considered her to be mentally stable.  When she went to tell Edna the news she said, "Edna, I have good news and bad news. The good news is you're being discharged; since you were able to rationally respond to a crisis by jumping in and saving the life of another patient, I have concluded that your act displays sound-mindedness. The bad news is, Ralph, the patient you saved, hung himself with his bathrobe belt in the bathroom. I am so sorry, but he's dead."  Edna replied "He didn't hang himself. I put him there to dry. How soon can I go home?"

What did the judge say to the dentist? “Pull my tooth, the whole tooth and nothing but the tooth.”

Will  hook up first thing in the morning and drive the 250 miles to Pigeon Forge, TN tomorrow.