The Saturday before we were scheduled to head to Atlanta, we were packed. We had friends over that evening and by then, had decided to leave Sunday. It would be a great way to get a head start on our journey and give us the opportunity of stopping at the Kentucky Dam State Park motel. On a previous trip, we enjoyed a similar state resort on Lake Barkley and now, we would be on Kentucky Lake. These park motels and lodges are so reasonably priced and all of the rooms overlook the lake. The winter rate is especially affordable but even the summer rate was quite nice. It’s only a three hour drive so we didn’t leave until noon. We picked up Subway sandwiches since the resort dining room is closed on Sunday evenings.
The next morning, we had an amazing full breakfast overlooking the lake and were on our way with an arrival time in Atlanta just before rush hour.
Aside from the Carter Library that I wrote about last week, we also took a drive by Truist Park to see where the Braves play baseball. We have also been on a quest to visit all the stadiums in the MLB (which happens to be 30). So far, we have been inside of 12 stadiums and driven by 3 (sometimes the timing around seeing a game just doesn’t work out). The 12 include Washington DC, NY Mets, Milwaukee, San Francisco, San Diego, Toronto, Boston, Cleveland, Kansas City, Chicago White Sox, Wrigley for a Cardinals-Cubs game, and St. Louis of course.
Those of you that have been reading this newsletter for a while have probably realized I like travel goals. It’s fun to check off our destination lists like stadiums, state parks, etc.
The weather was remarkably nice and we had an appetizer on the patio of a place in Marietta (where were staying) called the Delkwood Grill. Then, with Kismet in tow, we visited a brewery called Red Hare where I had the best Hefeweizen that I have ever tasted. Sadly, only a few kegs were brewed for a fundraiser and cans were not for sale.
Dinner was back at the Drury. The evening hors d’oerves hours are the best of the Drury Chain. We were there two nights and a free dinner and free breakfast was a pretty sweet deal. They had signs throughout that Drury Inns are celebrating their 50th anniversary and it dawned on me that my father who retired from Drury in the eighties must have been one of their original employees if they began in 1973. They started the business in my hometown of Cape Girardeau, MO.
It ended up being an enjoyable start to the trip and now it was time to head to Florida.
Didn’t know your dad worked for Drury. I assume he worked for Drury construction... Bob Drury.