KNOXVILLE WAS A SURPRISE, AND MOSTLY IN A GOOD WAY! (Cheri)

So Mark told you about our AirBnB experience.  Fun!  (Not.)

The bigger surprise than the torrential rain and thunder, which we've experienced pretty regularly here in Winston-Salem, was how delightful downtown Knoxville is.

(Pictures Credit:  DowntownKnoxville.org and VisitKnoxville.com.)

There was nothing about Knoxville in the guidebook that I quickly checke, and even people who know more about Tennessee seem to be surprised when they blog about Knoxville.  Apparently Nashville and Memphis are cool, and maybe Knoxville isn't?

We will definitely be coming back to spend time just walking around the downtown area.  Lots of great-looking food experiences, an amazing vintage theater, parks, etc.  We saw more of it than we had expected because we stayed there after leaving the little AirBnB bungalow.

No ice cream to report on, but we did get to Insomnia Cookies!  (First reported on here.)  It is a truly good thing that they don't have any outposts near here.

A couple of my pix from Architectural Antics:

We need a bathroom clock, but this won't be it:

Just a couple of pictures of quilts from the quilt show follow.

I was able to talk with the man who made this quilt.  I believe he said it took him more than 800 hours.  The second picture will show you why.

This one was also sewn by a "man":