My dad, father-in-law, and I went on a bit of a road trip today. We drove up to Monteagle, stopping at the Templeton Library and campus farm (saw one new baby goat, not in camera range) on the way. After checking in at the cottage we had a nice meal at the Mountain Goat Market. Next we cruised through the Assembly, saw Tennessee’s first tiny home development, and drove through Beersheba Springs. Finally we reached the real reason for our trip – a couple of nurseries in Mcminnville. The first wasn’t very impressive, but the second was awesome. They had a huge variety of fruit trees, and I hope to return this fall to buy a bunch. We drove the back roads home.

I started the day off with a trip to Kroger. That went better than expected. I finished mowing the back field, and it looks pretty good. Left the blackberry bushes at Liz’s request. Today was a bit cooler. Liz’s parents arrived safely and are getting settled in the apartment.

It was a good day. I demolished the shed. I burned the wood framing and loaded the metal onto my trailer. Tomorrow I’ll go to the dump. I’ll also pick up my finish mower from the repair place. I hauled other trash to the dump and did more cleaning up around the house. It is starting to look pretty good. Everything is off the deck now, except for four chairs and a table, which will stay. We got some rain, but it didn’t fall too hard, plus it was warm out, so overall the day was nice. Tomorrow should be good too, and I’m excited about getting some more work done outside.