mom needed to go to lexington, TN to take some standardized tests that her 8th grade students took to the testing center to be graded. they don't allow schools to mail stuff in, so whether you have 1 test or 500, whereever you are in the state, you had to drive your stuff in to get it processed... and mom wanted company.
here's where lexington is in the bigger picture of western TN:
memphis is obviously the lower left corner of the state, and nashville is unlabeled but it's the dark smudge towards the north part of TN on the right end of the picture... lexington's about halfway inbetween so it was like a 110 mile trip each way.
mostly i just sat there and listened to music and occasionally chatted with mom, however going all the way out there, gave me the excuse to ask to stop in jackson, TN for lunch (jackson is labelled on the map, about 20 miles closer to memphis than lexington.
jackson, TN is home of one of the best salad bars/lunch buffets in the state... they have casey jones village:
which is a mini-museum, restaurant, and a few stores all rolled into one.
see historic casey jones house here:
they have all sorts of random stuff inside and out... i told mom to pose with the indian at the door, and this is what i got out of her:
oi... :-P
and here's me with a giant cement indian head:
so it was good lunch and i hadn't been to casey jones village in a couple years (probably the last time was when michelle stopped and visited me a few years ago when she flew into memphis to go to a wedding near jackson, so it was just fun to go back.
here's my final random picture of the day... somebody *obviously* ran out of number "2"s to put up, but wouldn't this be nice?
i'm out... happy thursday to all?
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