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Friday, September 23, 2011
Cheri Sept-23-11
6:24 PM | 
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Sharp's Travels
Today was a special day. We met some dear friends, Mike & Pam, at Fontanel Mansion & Farm. We had last seen our friends4 months ago in Lake of the Ozarks. It was great to have the opportunity to get together again and catch up on all the news. We had missed those great times together.
Since we were both going to be in the Nashville area, we made plans to tour Fontanel together. This was the home that Barbara Mandrell built in 1988. It is a 27,000 square foot log home located just 15 minutes from downtown Nashville.
We met in the gift shop at 10am and at 11am the bus arrived to take the first tour group up to the mansion. There were only 16 of us in our group. We made our way through the huge log archway and up the mile long driveway. We were met at the front door by our wonderful tour guide. She began by telling us some of the history of the home and about Barbara and her family before we started our tour.
The mansion has 20 rooms, 14, bathrooms, 5 fireplaces, 2 kitchens, an indoor pool and even an indoor shooting range on 136 acres. Our tour guide told us “if you see a seat and want to sit down, go right ahead.” When have you ever toured someplace and were told that!
The house was amazing. A lot, but no all, the furnishing were original pieces. We even got to walk on top of the pool. When the pool was not in use, they covered it and at times it was used as a dance floor.
History buffs will be interested to know the land surrounding the mansion is where Jesse & Frank James came to hide out after the gang’s ill-fated Northfield, MN bank robbery, and also it was here the Confederate Calvary used the land as a place to assemble during the battle of Nashville. There are also many hiking trails that surround the property.
After our tour we headed to Fontanel’s Farm House Restaurant for lunch. It had a neat atmosphere with quilts displayed up on the ceiling. The food was good, we enjoyed visiting. At 3pm we said our goodbyes as Mike & Pam had to head out to pick up their grandson from school.
It was such a great day to spend with special friends.
If you go to this link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfyW8ETbzwc you can watch part one of two as Barbra takes you through the house. Then you can also watch part two at the same link.
Gay has uploaded pictures of our day go to this link https://picasaweb.google.com/sharpstravels then click on album: Fontanel Mansion & Farm
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