Clinton, Tennessee

Heiskell, Tennessee

Weather: low 62 degrees, high 84 degrees, mostly sunny skies

This is a picture of Market Street in Clinton, Tennessee, located about six miles north of us. I had to get this picture off the Internet, since I couldn't find a place to park to get a good picture.

We decided to catch up on some rest and chores around the RV today, instead of getting out and gallivanting around the countryside. Gallivanting - how's that for a new word? Sometimes, that's what we do feels like. It's great fun.

This is a picture of the Ritz Theatre, located in Clinton, Tennessee. This brings back memories of the movie theatres I visited as a boy on Saturday afternoons.

We haven't bought many groceries for awhile, so a trip to the WalMart Mall was in order. We drove a few miles north on I-75 to exit 122, where the nearest Mall is located. About an hour later, that little chore was finished. As we were waiting at the stop light to get out of the parking lot, we decided to take a different route back to the RV. No, we weren't going gallivanting. In our travels yesterday, we began to get a feel for where the different roads go in this area. We had a map with us, so if we got turned around, it wouldn't be too hard to figure out where we were. No asking directions, no GPS. Just do it the old fashioned way.

We turned west on Tennessee 61, which took us to the historic little town of Clinton. This is a town of about 10,000 people, and is located along the Clinch River. It was originally named Burrville after Aaron Burr, the vice president in Thomas Jefferson's first term as president. Burr was involved in a duel with Alexander Hamilton, the first Secretary of the Treasury of the United States. Hamilton died as a result of the duel. A consequence of the duel was that in 1809, the town was renamed Clinton in honor of George Clinton, the vice president in Jefferson's second term as president.

Like many of the little towns we pass through, this one seems to be doing fairly well. There were some closed businesses, but overall, they seem to be doing okay. Of course, business can always be better.

Finishing our exploration of Clinton, we turned to the south on Tennessee 25 and took it down to Tennessee 170 and back to the RV. It wasn't a very long excursion, but enough for today.

In the afternoon, we washed some laundry, and I put our sewer hose out. I found a foreign movie with English subtitles at the club house which we watched. Not the best movie we have seen, but not the worse, either. The rest of the day was spent vegging out, reading, watching TV, surfing the net, etc.

More later, be safe.

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