Trip Report -Oct 7 & 8,2005, Bourbon Trail TN & KY

RE: Trip Report -Oct 7 & 8,2005, Bourbon Trail TN & KY (Sundancer7)

Thu, 13 Oct 2005 13:00:03 GMT

Bushie suggested that we do this every week. Sounds good to me. The worst we can do is lose and the best we can do is get filthy rich.

Paul E. Smith
Knoxville, TN

RE: Trip Report -Oct 7 & 8,2005, Bourbon Trail TN & KY (lleechef)

Thu, 13 Oct 2005 06:25:12 GMT

Great trip report and even better pictures! Nice to see all of you again. Keep traveling, eating and drinking!

RE: Trip Report -Oct 7 & 8,2005, Bourbon Trail TN & KY (Poverty Pete)

Thu, 13 Oct 2005 01:24:09 GMT

Well, guys, the bad news is that we can't yet reserve Ashford castle in Ireland for our powerball victory celebration. www.ashford.ie The good news is that nor can anybody else. When I get the tickets from Al, I'll roll them over for the Saturday drawing. Erin go bragh!

RE: Trip Report -Oct 7 & 8,2005, Bourbon Trail TN & KY (Sandy Eggo)

Tue, 11 Oct 2005 22:12:16 GMT

Al, looks like you all had a wonderful time on the Bourbon tour. Someday when I'm not chained tot he desk I hope to make it out that way. You look like you're having way too much fun. I wondered where the pictures of the XYL's where though?

I like the idea of the 45 oz. margarita... my doctor said I can only have one drink.. so a big bird bath margarita is the ticket!

RE: Trip Report -Oct 7 & 8,2005, Bourbon Trail TN & KY (mayor al)

Tue, 11 Oct 2005 21:03:00 GMT

Hmmmm...Not in Las Vegas? Sounds like he doesn't want to be thrown into that "Briar patch"... Ticket issued in the heart of Mutton BBQ country. Winner 'disappears'... hmmm There's a clue or two in that message somewhere! $240 million divided 6 ways versus $240 million that 'disappears'. The plot thickens, like a good burgoo!

RE: Trip Report -Oct 7 & 8,2005, Bourbon Trail TN & KY (Poverty Pete)

Tue, 11 Oct 2005 20:27:07 GMT

OK, gang, our powerball tickets were purchased today in Hopkinsville, Ky. If the winning ticket is issued from southwest Ky., you'll probably hear from me. If you do not hear from me, DO NOT look for me in Las Vegas. I won't be there. I'll be someplace else. NOT Las Vegas!!

RE: Trip Report -Oct 7 & 8,2005, Bourbon Trail TN & KY (mayor al)

Tue, 11 Oct 2005 13:25:27 GMT

I think thats one reason I enjoy this website as much as I do...When someone comments on or brings back a memory of a place I had been at some time in the past, I really like the recollection of the experience (99% of the time)! Mr Chips recalls a past visit to the Jack Daniels Distillery because he reads and sees the photos of our trip and links the memories. That happens to me a lot here on Roadfood.com. I enjoy reading of places that all of you visit or experiences that you have had.

The Old Soda thread has been a fun one. I remember that first MOXIE I had back in 1960, because several of you have commented on the 'unique' flavor of the TONIC !! Cheerwine, Mission Orange, Bubble Up are old favorites of mine that came back to me because of the comments of others on that thread.

Last night I emailed a couple of you for feedback on places where we will travel next week. I appreciate your quick returns. We do haul the paperwork with us to help sort out the choices when we head into an area where we aren't familiar with the restaurants.

All in All, Roadfood.com has become an important part of our traveling lifestyle. Thanks to you all.

RE: Trip Report -Oct 7 & 8,2005, Bourbon Trail TN & KY (mr chips)

Tue, 11 Oct 2005 00:08:15 GMT

Great report, gentlemen. I loved my visit to the Jack Daniels distillery 10 years ago,

RE: Trip Report -Oct 7 & 8,2005, Bourbon Trail TN & KY (mayor al)

Mon, 10 Oct 2005 21:10:51 GMT

I bow to your knowledge of the area...and to the quick order you made for the 45 oz Margaritas !!

RE: Trip Report -Oct 7 & 8,2005, Bourbon Trail TN & KY (Poverty Pete)

Mon, 10 Oct 2005 21:06:39 GMT

A clarification is in order. There is a chain of Mexican joints in middle Tennessee called La Hacienda. Their food is mediocre, and I'm being generous here. The place we went is the Taqueria La Hacienda, which has only one location, on Nolensville Rd., just south of I-440. This is where you'll want to go. If you go to the chain, rather than the Taqueria, you'll not only be disappointed, you'll be convinced that we know nothing at all about Mexican food.

RE: Trip Report -Oct 7 & 8,2005, Bourbon Trail TN & KY (Sundancer7)

Mon, 10 Oct 2005 19:24:27 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by Bushie

quote:
Originally posted by tiki

I dont know about Bushie!!! first i hear he's reading a paper called the Dmocrat!!!!---and now---flashing a Peace Sign!!!!! My my, what must those good Texan republican nieghbors thinking!!!

BTW, tiki, since I was out of town, I haven't heard who won the TX-OU game. Can ya update me on the final score

Somehow I heard maybe through CNN that OU had the ball when then game was over and the game was tied. Seven plays later OU scored with no one on the field.

Really, Tennesse did terrible. Any bowl that the VOLS wil attend will be the toilet bowl.

Just kidding Tiki.

Paul E. Smith
Knoxville, TN

RE: Trip Report -Oct 7 & 8,2005, Bourbon Trail TN & KY (mayor al)

Mon, 10 Oct 2005 18:21:35 GMT

Thanks Brad,
I put it on the list of places to consider while we are in the Wisconsin area!
We are printing up many of the archived recommendations from the forums to filter out some stops for the 3 days we will be in the area.

RE: Trip Report -Oct 7 & 8,2005, Bourbon Trail TN & KY (ScreamingChicken)

Mon, 10 Oct 2005 17:06:10 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by Al-The Mayor-Bowen

Then it will be up to Baraboo Wisconsin to visit my daughter and her family (soon to be expanded).

Since you're already familiar with the area I'm guessing you know about the Wollersheim Winery (http://www.wollersheim.com). But on the off chance you've never been there, consider stopping by if you have a little extra time. Seems to me I might've mentioned this to you before but I can't remember for sure...

Brad

RE: Trip Report -Oct 7 & 8,2005, Bourbon Trail TN & KY (Bushie)

Mon, 10 Oct 2005 15:31:22 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by tiki

I dont know about Bushie!!! first i hear he's reading a paper called the Dmocrat!!!!---and now---flashing a Peace Sign!!!!! My my, what must those good Texan republican nieghbors thinking!!!

BTW, tiki, since I was out of town, I haven't heard who won the TX-OU game. Can ya update me on the final score

RE: Trip Report -Oct 7 & 8,2005, Bourbon Trail TN & KY (Bushie)

Mon, 10 Oct 2005 14:43:19 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by Sundancer7

Hey! Isn't that a picture of those new singing sensations, Pogo & the Porchdogs?

RE: Trip Report -Oct 7 & 8,2005, Bourbon Trail TN & KY (Sundancer7)

Mon, 10 Oct 2005 14:40:33 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by aleswench

Wow - great report. So jealous. I can't believe you could smell the mash in the air! And those Margarita's - talk about a "Road Booze" Trip

Our Mega Millions is up to $65 Mil.... I'm already looking at private jets Sue

Smell it?? you could not believe it. At JD's the odor was so wonderful that you could intoxicated anywhere within a quarter of a mile. What was really good was when they raised the lid on the 10K gallon mash. I guess it was the carbon dioxide coming off the mash but it sure was good. The heat coming off this stuff was pretty good.

Paul E. Smith
Knoxville, TN

RE: Trip Report -Oct 7 & 8,2005, Bourbon Trail TN & KY (aleswench)

Mon, 10 Oct 2005 13:58:16 GMT

Wow - great report. So jealous. I can't believe you could smell the mash in the air! And those Margarita's - talk about a "Road Booze" Trip

Our Mega Millions is up to $65 Mil.... I'm already looking at private jets Sue

RE: Trip Report -Oct 7 & 8,2005, Bourbon Trail TN & KY (Sundancer7)

Mon, 10 Oct 2005 13:15:47 GMT

Al, have a great trip to Door County and be sure to do one of their fish boils.

I truly enjoyed the time with the group and especially "The Mayor" and Janet.

Paul E. Smith
Knoxville, TN

RE: Trip Report -Oct 7 & 8,2005, Bourbon Trail TN & KY (mayor al)

Mon, 10 Oct 2005 13:10:23 GMT

Thanks for the tips!!
We've made a note of the 'Ron's' stop. If you come up with the name of the Rochelle Place post it please !!

RE: Trip Report -Oct 7 & 8,2005, Bourbon Trail TN & KY (kland01s)

Mon, 10 Oct 2005 11:12:42 GMT

Al,

I wish I could remember the name of the restaurant by the tracks in Rochelle, real local type of a place with good soups. Of course on your way to Rochelle you can try my favorite, Ron's Cajun Connection in Utica, Il. Ron's is at the first exit east of the i-90 & I-39 interchange... the Starved Rock exit.

http://www.ronscajunconnection.com/

http://rochellerailroadpark.tripod.com/

RE: Trip Report -Oct 7 & 8,2005, Bourbon Trail TN & KY (mayor al)

Mon, 10 Oct 2005 10:32:22 GMT

Kaileen,
One of the best decisions I EVER made was to accept the buy-out early retirement offer from my job in SoCal. Linked to that was the move back here to the Louisville area. It has put a wonderful part of the USA within our reach for weekend sojourns.

This coming weekend (after resting from the Bourbon Tour for a week), we will head Northwest for a week. NorthWest in this context will give us part of a day at Rochelle IL to enjoy the busy rail action where the BNSF and the Union Pacific lines cross. I love the sound and sight of the trains as they move thru this place. Then it will be up to Baraboo Wisconsin to visit my daughter and her family (soon to be expanded). She and her husband have already picked out some 'ethnic' food stops in the Central Wisconsin area for us to try. We will also visit the House on the Rock...something my wife has wanted to 'revisit' for years since we first stopped there about 10 years ago.
Then it will be a drive thru the Door County area and thru the U P of Michigan to put us in the Brighton Michigan area on Friday, again to have a nice dinner with family there. We'll come on home on Saturday, ready to rest again for a bit before another Fall trip somewhere else. We have enjoyed November on the Gulf Coast previously, but feel that we need to stay out of the area until the recovery really takes shape. Biloxi and Gulf Shores are favorites of ours and we will get there again...but not now.
This Bourbon Tour was fun as it let us have a good time with some really nice internet friends. At each of the meetings we have shared with folks from this group, we have enjoyed ourselves a lot. We were at the SoCal session and the Crabcake Fest in 2004, and three different meetings of this Tennessee/Kentucky tour-group. In addition we have enjoyed dinners and other get-togethers with individual members in various parts of the country.
All in all we have found the Roadfood experience to be a great one, and hope to continue this activity for quite some time.
I would encourage any and all of you who are part of the Roadfood 'Family' to try to include meeting some of your Roadfood friends when you venture out on a trip. Even if just for a lunch stop now and then, you will be amazed at how nice it is to meet and greet folks whom you exchange messages with all the time on the net.

RE: Trip Report -Oct 7 & 8,2005, Bourbon Trail TN & KY (Kaileen)

Sun, 09 Oct 2005 21:39:18 GMT

This former Kentuckian is really jealous. I wish we could have made the trip: I really would have enjoyed it. Plus, this weekend was the Battle of Perryville reenactment.

Oh, well. Maybe next time...

RE: Trip Report -Oct 7 & 8,2005, Bourbon Trail TN & KY (Poverty Pete)

Sun, 09 Oct 2005 20:17:07 GMT

I asked the salesman, and was assured that my long-range helicopter will indeed be able to go to Hays' and back without refueling.
Tiki, I mailed you a DVD from Lynchburg of the John Butler Trio. You should be getting it any day now.

RE: Trip Report -Oct 7 & 8,2005, Bourbon Trail TN & KY (Sundancer7)

Sun, 09 Oct 2005 19:38:45 GMT

Al, with $40 Mil, I will assure you that I will come off my road trip next week from Ohio. I will spend the rest of my life on the deck and on the road with my roadfood friends.

My first trip will be back to lexsington, TN to Hays. I will then get a limo to drive me back. Bushie and Steve and Pogo will probably get a jet to get them there. I am not sure what you and Janet will do?

Paul E. Smith
Knoxville, TN

RE: Trip Report -Oct 7 & 8,2005, Bourbon Trail TN & KY (mayor al)

Sun, 09 Oct 2005 19:14:32 GMT

That's only $40 million each, Paul. Not hardly enough to 'retire on'! Of course in my case both Janet and I bought 'a share' so with double that amount I can stay retired, and she can cut to one job at only 40 hours a week !!!. I don't know which she will give up...Scrubbing floors at the local White Castle or Waiting Tables at Waffle House. She'll keep the Nursing Home job so she can visit me on company time !!

If we win we could enjoy another roadtrip or two in the near future!

RE: Trip Report -Oct 7 & 8,2005, Bourbon Trail TN & KY (Sundancer7)

Sun, 09 Oct 2005 18:54:16 GMT

quote:
Originally posted by Al-The Mayor-Bowen

Thanks for the positive feedback. It was a really good weekend with everyone having a good time.
We did win $10 on our $30 Powerball investment. Steve is going to let that $10 ride on the Wed Jackpot that should reach 240 million. At this rate we will be buying a single dollar ticket in 3 weeks to try for one final draw!!!

I assume that I am in on that also. I feel very lucky and I like the odds. I think we will win. I have already spent the money

Paul E. Smith
Knoxville, TN

RE: Trip Report -Oct 7 & 8,2005, Bourbon Trail TN & KY (mayor al)

Sun, 09 Oct 2005 18:34:33 GMT

Thanks for the positive feedback. It was a really good weekend with everyone having a good time.
We did win $10 on our $30 Powerball investment. Steve is going to let that $10 ride on the Wed Jackpot that should reach 240 million. At this rate we will be buying a single dollar ticket in 3 weeks to try for one final draw!!!

RE: Trip Report -Oct 7 & 8,2005, Bourbon Trail TN & KY (Benzee)

Sun, 09 Oct 2005 15:07:22 GMT

Al The Mayor ,

Great trip report . You all look like you had a great time . Good pictures and you get a great feeling of the experience you had.

Hope you can make one of our Jersey Dog Tours next year . One being planned for April.

Also any other trips like these , we would be interested in .

Benzee

RE: Trip Report -Oct 7 & 8,2005, Bourbon Trail TN & KY (Bobs)

Sun, 09 Oct 2005 14:49:48 GMT

That was a great report! Ready for more.

RE: Trip Report -Oct 7 & 8,2005, Bourbon Trail TN & KY (mayor al)

Sun, 09 Oct 2005 14:10:16 GMT

OK Chapter Two was added in the original post above. We have recovered and are looking forward to the next get-together.
For us the Road is calling again next weekend. We will take a week to visit my younger daughter who is about to bring forth grandchild number 22. So a couple of days in Wisconsin to see them, then a couple of days in the Door County area to walk the dogs along the Lake and get some Apples etc. Then home. We will spend one day at Rochelle Illinois at the train viewing park they have. It is a great place to picnic and watch the rail-action. This is a wonderful time of year to take off for a few days ride!!