We drove off on the cold morning (21*F!!) and headed west to
Hohenwald, TN for our next stop at a very special place.
As most might know, we have a soft spot for elephants and
sponsor a young bull thru the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust. http://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/
In Hohenwald there is a sanctuary for elephants who have been
abused or are old and unwanted. It is a
true refuge for them…over 2000 acres where they can wander about, spending
their last days just being an elephant. http://www.elephants.com/index.php
As a refuge, there are no visitors to the sanctuary
itself. However, they have a nice
visitor education center in town, where you can learn about the overall issues
of elephants in the United States.
Each elephant has her own special story…these are just a
few.
They have programs for school children too.
The gift shop helps to raise funds for their care.
The elephant sanctuary has its own channel on YouTube. Here’s one of the many videos available to
watch…
After spending over an hour at the visitor center, we headed
back out to the Natchez Trace to head north towards the rest of the day’s
stops.
The Trace is beautiful, with many stops such as this one
with waterfalls. Cold, icy waterfalls on
this day.
I had to stop at this point as my slick soled shoes were not
the sort for navigating the ‘unimproved’
trail to the bottom. I handed the camera
over to Himself and headed back to the truck.
Here are shots of the first waterfall. In the first photo you can see the deck I was
standing on. He said that largest icicle
was about 8 feet long!
The second fall was even more amazing. He said the ice ‘bubbles’ were average about
the size of a tennis ball. And I have
never seen ‘spikey’ icicles before!!
Didn’t he get some great shots?
Next stop: Leiper’s
Fork for lunch at Puckett’s…
… then browsing in several art galleries. This dog belongs to the owner of one of the
galleries. She had been seriously ‘dissed’
by a squirrel a few minutes earlier.
We spent the most of the afternoon looking thru the
galleries, and made a quick stop to check out a new-to-me TJ Maxx before our
final event of the day.
We had reservations at Whitfield’s for dinner. (Yes, another photo I didn’t take.) http://www.whitfieldsrestaurant.com/
If you want a delicious dinner in Nashville, I will highly
recommend Whitfield’s. The dining room
is cozy and comfortable without being crowed.
And the food was fantastic!
Himself had Chicken Saltimbocca (Pan Fried, prosciutto, mozzarella) over
herbed linguini with a cremini mushroom pan sauce. I had Beeler Farms Pork Porterhouse: 12oz
bone in porterhouse, sweet potato mash, sautéed collard greens with garlic and
chives, with apple butter.
This wonderful meal ended our very full day, and we
headed back home until our next adventure.
Yes, I have another ‘kidnapping’ planned up…
Hmmmm, since David isn't much into going/doing, I may have to adopt your kidnapping adventures for us!! Thanks for the ideas. Guess it's time to start browsing the internet for interesting things to kidnap someone to :-)
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