Author dorabenley

Do you really want to wait for the front desk to “inspect” your room before you check out? If you are like us, you probably don’t really check out. You pay as you check in, and then the next day… Continue Reading →

Virginia Museum of the Civil War at the Newmarket Battlefield State Historic Park is nostalgic. It reminds you of a time period in the nineteenth century, the Victorian era, when terms like “Hall of Valor”, “hero”, and “field of honor”… Continue Reading →

We ordered roast beef and meatloaf platters with plenty of corn bread. I thought there would be plenty of time to slip into the shop to buy a gift. There was only one lady in front of me. But she… Continue Reading →

Perkins Family Restaurant, Dandridge, TN We sat down to order dinner at the Perkins Family Restaurant in Dandridge, Tennessee after a long day traversing the Smokies and I-40. We thought that the chicken pot pie looked good, and we ordered…. Continue Reading →

Tennessee has everything from crayfish to hillbillies selling moonshine on Thunder Row to nuclear reactors and a lot inbetween. Edward and Dora could have spent time at Oak Ridge chasing Soviet spies, but they instead spent their time at Los… Continue Reading →

Best Western Thunderbird Inn: Needs More Than New Carpeting The check in clerk proudly pointed out that we were checking into a room with brand new carpeting. In fact the maintenence men were carrying rolls of carpeting to other rooms… Continue Reading →

The Cracker Barrel Restaurant at Memphis East Sycamore View is a bustling place. Their waitresses try to keep seating everyone and serving them like clockwork. The food is Southern country style with sweet tea and all the fixins including grits… Continue Reading →

Down Home Food As We Drive Through The Mountains: Dora and Edward had to worry about how to entertain Ambassador von Ribbentrop at Ware Hall in October of 1936. They had to make sure they had the right number of… Continue Reading →

Dora and Edward had many a cold, dreary, dark day at Ware Hall in the south of England, but in Tennessee? It pelted rain as we drove along I-40 from Memphis to Hurricane Mills. But we knew we were in… Continue Reading →

We Cross The Mississippi in A Rainstorm: Everybody has their rivers to cross. Edward and Dora had to deal with the Nile in Nightmare at Ware Hall when Edward was stationed at Mid-East Headquarters. Today we crossed the Mississippi River… Continue Reading →