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Photo Friday: Bell Buckle, Tennessee

Bell Buckle, Tennessee has a population of 315 people, but on June 15, 2013, there were over 10,000 people walking along the streets. We were all there to partake in the RC Cola and Moon Pie Festival.

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Adventure, Back Roads, Business, Childhood fun, Children, Family, Featured, Food, Friends, History, Life, Photo Friday, Simple Life, small towns, Tennessee, Thoughts, Time, TravelJuly 26, 2013NanetteNo comments Permalink

The Baker Hotel

The Crazy Water marvel brought forth the need for more sleeping facilities, and the Crazy Hotel was built by a Dallas man, Carr P. Collins in 1927. The Crazy Hotel featured 200 guest rooms, shops, a dining room, doctor's office, florist, barbershop, bookstore, recreation department, drinking pavilion and a bathhouse. This seven story hotel also...

Adventure, Back Roads, Children, Family, Featured, Health, History, Life, small towns, Texas, Time, TravelJuly 10, 2013NanetteNo comments Permalink

There’s Crazy Water here!

I got on Hwy 281 in Lampasas, Texas and headed north to a town named Mineral Wells. Mineral Wells got its name from the mineral springs in the area, and were famously popular in the early 1900's. Texas is known to have the second most mineral springs in any state with Wyoming having the most. In 1877,...

Adventure, Featured, Health, History, small towns, Texas, Time, TravelJune 28, 2013NanetteNo comments Permalink

Crawfish Capital

Breaux (pronounced Bro) Bridge, Louisiana, is a small town located 9 miles east of Layafette. It is a quiet town, except for the first weekend in May when tens of thousands of people descend on Breaux Bridge for... In 1959, Breaux Bridge was named the "Crawfish Capital of the World" and...