Category: Travel

 

Traveling the world has been a long time passion. this is where I share all my  travel stories and experiences.

Mellow Mushroom: Find One of the Best Restaurants in Paducah KY in an Old Coca Cola Bottling Plant

What do you do with an old, vacant and run down old Coca Cola bottling plant? You turn it into one of the best restaurants in Paducah, KY and call it Mellow Mushroom.

What do you do with an old, vacant, and run-down yet historic Coca Cola bottling plant? You turn it into a destination, with good food and craft beer, and make it one of the best restaurants in Paducah, KY, and call it Mellow Mushroom.

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Photo POSTCard : More BIG art – a Toth Sculpture in Paducah

Using only a hammer and chisel, artist Peter “Wolf” Toth turned a 56,000 pound red oak log into a 35 foot sculpture honoring the Chickasaw Indians who lived and hunted in the Paducah, KY region.

Toth sculpture in Paducah

The sculpture is titled “Wacinton (pronounced wat-cheen-too) and means “to have understanding”.  This sculpture is one of over 70 such statues that make up the ‘Trail of Whispering Giants”.  Toth started the project in 1972 with the goal to donate a giant wooden sculpture of a Native American to each state in the union, which he achieved in 1988.  He continues to created more statues as well as repairing the older ones.

Thanks for visiting.

Rose

Pilgrimage to Paducah – My First Quilt Show in Paducah, Kentucky

I had my first trip to the quilt show in Paducah, Kentucky when I entered a quilt into the contest for the first time, and found lots of creativity in this UNESCO Creative City besides just the quilting kind.

First published April 29, 2017

It may seem odd that the subject of an inaugural blog post would be about traveling to Paducah, Kentucky, but to a quilter, this is near to being a pilgrimage to Mecca.

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