Our first stop outside of Asheville was
Hot Springs, the other Hot Springs in Tennessee. A cute little town with many
quaint storefronts and a great place to get a photo of the Drive Home IV cars.
Next up was lunch at the County Seat Café
in Tazewell, TN, a referral we got from a guy in a parking lot who said it was
the best lunch in town. A little hard to find, the County Seat appeared to be
in an old VFW hall and was spartan in its furnishings, but it made up for
things in its great viddles. Run by a pair of sisters and one of their husbands,
the restaurant had all the markings of a classic cafeteria and because the food was a little slow in getting to our tables Vonda quickly
pitched in to help serve.
Earlier that morning, Brad (the cannibal
from previous posts) confessed that he had lost the gas cap on the
International and tried to pirate away the Chevy’s gas cap but it didn’t fit.
(Really, Brad, stealing the gas cap, that's what it’s come to?...)
Speaking of the Chevy, bad news – while the
bearings and crankshaft were given temporary repairs in Hendersonville, it
would be foolhardy to try to drive it down Woodward Avenue for our final
procession, so she’ll remain trailer-bound for the duration of the trip. The good
news is that Dale from LeMay has already identified parts to get it repaired
when it returns to Tacoma.
We topped the evening off with a grand BBQ
dinner at Against the Grain Brewery in Louisville, where we toasted Brad Phillips, Steve Purdy,
and Bob Giles who are heading out tomorrow, but welcome Tabetha Hammer from
Hagerty!!
Stay tuned for more Drive Home IV adventures to
come as we ready for an early morning Shell event and head west toward Indiana tomorrow!
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