Forty minutes south of the buzzing neon and crowded honkytonks of Nashville’s Lower Broadway strip are miles of winding two-lane back roads connecting small towns to more small towns. Today, it’s easy to pile into the car and make a Target run, but for the folks who still live way out in the sticks, it’s an entire day’s commitment. Back before cars, people had to walk or ride a horse to the town’s general store for supplies.
These little stores are responsible for providing food and goods to their neighbors during WWII and the Great Depression and many still do today! If you want to get out and see what America was living like before the tech boom and Amazon Prime, grab your travel buds and take our one-of-a-kind 28-mile back road general store tour through southern Tennessee.
We will begin our run just off of I-840 Exit 23, TN Hwy 246 at the Huff’s Market Marathon Station 5452 Carters Creek Pike, Thompson’s Station, TN at 9:30 AM and depart at 10:00 AM. We’ll stop at Davis General Store first an
d get a snack, visit and learn about the history of the store. Then we’ll drive down to Leipers Fork Puckett’s Store to shop and have ice cream (even if it cold out) Next, we’ll drive to Nett’s Country Store in Bethel, TN. for lunch. At Nett’s you can even have breakfast there if you want. After lunch we’ll drive to Fly General Store in Fly, TN. and meet the most interesting character, fifth generation owner, Wilson Fly that runs the store.
After our visit, we’ll run back to the Marathon Station on good ole country roads, back roads that is, and then back home.
Come join us for a fun day for curves and food, March 14th.
Do RSVP Mike and Joyce by March 12th at mly1971@gmail.com