Explored Clarksville Today

6/28/2014

After breakfast, Kyle picked us up and we spent the day exploring Clarksville.  We started out at the farmer's market downtown, which they have every week during the summer.  We then walked around downtown and its a nice area with many shops, restaurants and offices-most of which were law offices.  We then drove around to Austin Peay State University, which is a small university with a very pretty campus.  A lot of it was damaged from a tornado in 1999 and has been rebuilt since then.

Children's fountain

Farmer's Market

It's a dog's life!

Mural on the side of a building downtown

We then made our way back to downtown and ate lunch at a great little brewpub, the Blackhorse Pub.  After lunch we drove around Liberty Park on the river, then hiked around Dunbar Cave State Park.  This is a nice park in town that is around a cave.  Unfortunately, you can go up to the cave entrance, but it has been closed for a few years to tours inside the cave.  After visiting the cave, we went to the Beachaven Winery just out of town.  This is a small winery started by Judge Bill Beach.  He has since passed away, but his family still runs the winery.  After the tour of the winery, we went looking for the Ugly Car Show and Craft Show.  It turns out that this event never happened, but on the way we passed an interesting intersection.  We were driving down Needmore St. and came upon the intersection of Needless St.!!  No kidding, see the picture.  After that, we went back to the hidden jewel we found for dinner - The Looking Glass.  It was very good and the service was equally good.  If you're in Clarksville, you should definitely try it.

A couple of good looking guys at Dunbar Cave - the opening is the dark area on the left.

Grapes on the vine

The corner of Needmore and Needless!

Tomorrow we will leave early and should get home tomorrow evening.  On the agenda is clean the car and change the oil, get the dog and cat, cut the grass, collect all of our mail and meet the new neighbors that moved in while we were gone.  And wash clothes!