Museum of Appalachia

One of our favorite places we visited in June was the Museum of Appalachia. My husband had a 3 hour meeting to go to so we were lucky to find this amazing place. There are lots of old buildings, old artifacts and farm animals running about. It's my kind of place. I could have spent hours going through each of the buildings but he kiddos wanted to move through faster than I could read. 

If you are in the Clinton TN area it is worth a visit. They have an awesome gift shop, a yummy restaurant and plenty of quilt related eye candy to look at.

These are just a few of the many photos I snapped.
~ Norma
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Norris Dam State Park (part 2)

Before we left Norris State Park we made sure to stop by and visit the Rice Grist Mill and the Crosby Threshing Barn. It was a great way for the kids to get a peek at how life used to be and the worked involved in processing food. I may have gone a little photo crazy.

I couldn't resit the beautiful weathered patinas of the wood.
~ Norma
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Norris Dam State Park

My husband has an awesome job. He is a construction manager. The company he currently works for is doing the work at many of the Tennessee state parks. He gets to travel to several of the parks throughout our beautiful state. Lucky for us it just happens to be summer vacation which means we get to tag along.

We kicked off our adventures last month when we went to Norris Dam State Park in east Tennessee. The kids and I got to play while my husband has to go to meetings and job sites. A storm had rolled through the night before. When we got up it was a lovely overcast day.

~ Norma
blog.petitdesignco.com