Motorcycle Ride to Columbia, Tennessee

The Saturday before Easter was just one of those days where it felt like a crime to remain home and inside.    So how about a motorcycle ride, to Columbia, Tennessee.   It felt good to get on the road especially after I found my lost sun glasses.   Darn I hate when they fall behind my desk.

Because of the lost sunglass we get a late start and we almost didn’t go.  I am sure glad we started the bikes up and got out of here.   It was in the mid 70’s, just above motorcycle jacket weather.  So a long sleeve shirt and vest did the trick. 

Heading down Highway 48 we are headed to Columbia, home to the old Saturn Plant.  I do think they still make car engines there.  Also it is the ancestral home of the 11^th president of the United States, James Polk.    His parents moved here from North Carolina.   He resided here from 1816 to 1824.   We were going to go inside, but $10 each to go inside was a little steep; to see old furniture, to me anyway.  Heck you can go to Springfield, IL; there you can see Lincoln’s house for free.   So we decided to just walk the grounds and gardens surrounding the house. 

 

It was fun to see parents at the gardens for Easter photo’s with their kids, probably to send to family members.   Polk is the President that threatened war with England over the Oregon territory.  No Seahawk Super Bowl Win without old Polk.   Well he did do some other things too.  He started the Naval Academy, Smithsonian Institution, and issued the first postage stamps.   Polk is known as “least known consequential presidents” by scholars.

Well after downtown Columbia we stopped on the way back at Papa Boudreaux's Cajun Café  for dinner.  It was a hole in the wall place off the beaten path.   The food was great, like you were in Nola itself.  Fried Boudin Balls for an appetizer.  Terri had the Shrimp and Chicken Creole.   I took the Saturday night special, Prime rib, Gumbo, fries, and a very special item Crawfish Pie.   I can say it was more than pretty good.  The hospitality was great from very friendly people who relocated here after Hurricane Katrina.    It is a must go to if in the area.

 

After dinner we headed home, the day could not have gone any better.   Spring has come on with reckless abandon.  We must all take advantage of it while we can.