TN Road Trip

 Wednesday was a day for traveling back to Nashville, by way of adding several counties and some interesting and historical sites to the day's travels.

I have commented to some other geocachers how an area has become so saturated with Adventure Labs that they have used rest areas to place them. Well, today I had to eat my words. This was a rest area that could be reached by both east bound and west bound traffic, but unlike KS where the rest areas might be in the median of the two roads, this one was off to the side of the east bound travel.

a sun dial

headstone in a family cemetery

the family plot

I knew Eisenhower got credit for the Interstate system

but now I know the "Rest of the Story..."

This was such a cool stop! We got credit for 8 geocaches at this location. I had mentioned to Hubby's cousin about the cemetery that was at this location. They had no idea. They do now.

cone flowers

Then we drove to the community of Lebanon for another set of Adventure Lab caches and found some other interesting  locations because of geocaching.

I loved how two corners of the Public Square roundabout really were street corners. Some of the buildings were original. All the buildings were occupied. The square was very busy at noon with all kinds of motor traffic and foot traffic.

Colonel Hatten in the center of the Public Square

a log cabin near the center of town

and Sam Houston's Law office on a side street

another very interesting Adventure Lab

a great way to learn some history of a community

Then we headed to another part of town and found the city offices which were once the Castle Heights Military Academy. The architectural style of the buildings, early 1900, are stunning.

the academy opened in 1902

first graduating class in 1905, with less than 10 graduates

it closed in 1987, as a military academy

all the buildings are in use, including a restaurant

location of a geocache

can you guess where?

and more cone flowers from the Town Square in Lebanon