We met up at 8:40 at Home Depot. We headed towards Walton. We stopped at the BEEHIVE (restaurant) in Franklin. We bought muffins and then continued on our drive. We arrived at Tony's Shoe Store about 9:40 a.m.
I was lucky enough to get a parking spot directly across the street. Connie wanted to take a few minutes to have a snack, so I took my shoes and went in. I met Frank (the owner of this 98 year old shoe store) and told him about my shoe issues. He agreed to stretch the two pairs of shoes I had. He brought out some New Balance shoes in my size and I tried them on. I purchased two pair, one black and one white.
By this time, Connie had joined us. I was finished, so I took off to look around Walton while she finished up her business with Frank. I just did some general exploring. I found a couple of abandoned buildings, took a picture of an interesting church and also found a huge beautiful mansion called THE MUSIC HOUSE. I took a couple pictures of historical signs before heading back to TONY's. I was lucky enough to get the same parking spot directly across the street and Connie walked out of the shoe store just as I pulled up.
We put her bags in my car and I suggested we go up to the diner for lunch. Papa's Diner is a classic old time diner complete with all the shiny metal.
We ordered lunch and took it to a rest area along a river a couple of miles away.
After lunch, we went into four antique shops. I made a couple of small purchases at Craftiques, and here is a picture of the owner of that delightful small shop:
and then I went back to Tony's to pick up the shoes he was stretching for me. Then we went to a nearby park where a geocache was hidden. We found the geocache and enjoyed our walk in the woods.
Then it was time to head home. Once again we stopped in Franklin for a few minutes break. It was a great day!
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