Sharp's Travels

We woke up to a foggy wet day. It rained off and on all day. Sharleen and Robyn took us to the largest quilt store in the country. It’s called Keepsake Quilting. They had everything from needle point to quilting, along with all the different materials. I am not much interested in these things, but I did enjoy walking and looking through the store. Cheri bought some more quilting material for a project she wants to do. From there we stopped at the Old Country Store & Museum. It was established in 1781 and had everything that you would find in an old country store. Then it was on to the Yankee Smokehouse for a dinner of smoked ribs and pulled pork. It’s the best place for smoked meat in the area and there is always a waiting line to get in. We were here three years ago and nothing has changed and excellent food. From there we stopped to view an old covered bridge that had been pulled off the river. The National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges is doing a complete restoration of this bridge and then will put it back over the river. In 1956 there were approximately 2,000 covered bridges in North America. Today less than half of them remain. Then we stopped at a South West Indian store, where they had many things that were made by the Indians from south west United States. It was very interesting and had lots of jewelry. We also stopped at two farm markets and gift shops to view the wining Adirondack chairs that were in a painting contest. It was after 4:00 pm before we got home. Robyn and I watched the NASCAR Race which I had recorded and Cheri and Sharleen played Five Crown. After the race we had fresh blueberry pie and ice cream before we played a game of dominos which Robyn and I won.