Lunch!

Occasionally I get the opportunity to visit Fat Boyz restaurant near Mt. Pleasant in Greene County TN. Today was one of those days. As it happened, on the menu today was Catfish! I don’t usually brag on restaurants but I just can’t be quiet. Lunch was excellent. Fresh, tasty, plenty to eat at a great price. Service was also excellent as usual.

So if you find yourself on Hwy 11E between Greeneville and Mosheim around lunch time, now you know where to stop…

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Apollo's Daring Mission

Watched Nova on PBS tonight. It was about the Apollo 8 mission which flew in December of 1968. This was the mission that allowed our astronauts to leave the earth and orbit the moon for the first time. The mission was necessary to test the new systems that would eventually allow Apollo 11 to take man to the surface of the moon.

In 1968 I was 10 years old and can’t say I really remember the events as they happened but more likely, I remember it as the events were retold later. That’s ok. I do remember watching the black and white TV as the Apollo 11 astronauts landed on the moon on July 20, 1969. That I do remember…