January 16 – Three Chords and the Truth is an inside joke in Country Music Capital Nashville Tennessee.
Today we took our time getting up and around, then our friends mentioned Leiper’s Fork and we are game for all new experiences, so we bundled up and took off.
I drove and, fair warning, the roads on the way are winding, tight with lots of corners, yet very beautiful with gorgeous homes, fields and forest areas.
Leiper’s Fork is situated just south of the Nashville suburbs and is beyond charming and unique. I loved how in front of each store there are fire pits for warming up and large jars of marshmallows for roasting.
Our first stop was Puckett’s Grocery & Restaurant, with live “home down pickin” music on Saturday afternoons and a fantastic array of food for lunch. I had the vegetable plate with fried okra, baked beans, mashed potatoes, corn cake and the best blackberry cobbler known to man. (or woman) Needless to say, there was nothing left. However, I was generous and let everyone taste the cobbler.
We listened to the great music until the band took a break, then we proceeded to walk around the adorable stores and enjoyed the stunning scenery.
Since our car is our home at this time, I am not purchasing items for us but for others and shipping them when I can. I purchased a wool blanket for my son, made by Swiss Army Knife Co., who has and is still doing small errands for us when needed.
If you are fortunate like us, you will have someone to entrust with keys and bank accounts. (PO Box, storage unit, banking and etc.)
In our travels, if I happen to find something I simply cannot live without, I will ship it to my son to keep for us. However, I have become very picky and mindful of what I can actually live without. So far it has been an eye-opening learning experience.
You begin to look at material items differently. I am already contemplating about paring down even further to have less items to pack and unpack.
Simple living…
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