The Mystery Trip

I picked the girls up at 8:30 a.m. We stopped at Starbucks on the way out of town for our tea. Our first stop was Cadiz, KY where we antiqued.

There were decorated pigs all over town. I almost forgot to get a picture. 

I had planned to take us to a cute little tea room there, but sadly, it was no longer in business. We ended up going to Patti's Settlement---from the 1880's. We split the most amazing grilled cheese clubs---8 different cheeses, turkey and homemade fries on the side. We had to have the coconut and chocolate cream pie---with about a 6" meringue on top. Everything was delicious---no way one person could eat a whole sandwich.

After lunch we stopped at Sister's and Friends antique shop. Here we are---Nancy, Barb, Pam and Karolyn.

We continued on to Sikeston, MO and checked in to our hotel. After  a brief rest, we went to some lame outlet mall---we didn't even stop. We went to WalMart to buy yarn so I could teach Nancy and Karolyn how to crochet.

 Lambert's Cafe is the reason we went to Sikeston. It's the "home of the throwed rolls." It's a meat and three type place. They have what they call "pass arounds"---where people walk around with pans of fried okra, stewed tomatoes with macaroni and black-eyed peas. They do throw the rolls if you want one!

Karolyn and Pam enjoying the rolls with apple butter and sorghum. I would have liked a second one, but I resisted! It was a fun and unique experience.

We went back to the hotel room and had a glass of wine while the girls practiced crocheting. Then, we started playing "dice with friends"---just like Yahtzee---on our phones. At one point I said, "look at us---all sitting here playing on our phones when we could actually be playing the real game!" I guess it's true, with all this technology, personal communication is really being lost. I don't think we have to worry about that. We talked pretty much non-stop for hours.

On Wednesday morning, we had a quick breakfast at the hotel. We stopped at the Old Timer's Antique mall before heading back to Nashville.

Our final stop was for the best hamburger in Paducah, KY---The Station Burger Company.

It was started by a couple of volunteer firemen. The burgers were out of this world!

After, it was an uneventful ride home. We all made several purchases---old mirrors, frames, lamp, coffee pot and other assorted stuff. I'll share my purchases later. We all agreed that it was so much fun---we need to do it again. And even though we were only gone a little over 24 hours, it seemed like a long time---with some much needed time with girl friends!

I keep saying, life is short and you just never know what might happen. Grab some fun any time you can!!