What I Did For Thanksgiving

Since I went to the White House for my last vacation, I had to find something to do over Thanksgiving weekend to top it. So what do you do when you are in the middle of nowhere in Tennessee? You go to the Jack Daniel's distillery, of course!


Since Jack Daniel's Whiskey is called "Old No. 7," here are seven observations about the tour:

1. Making Whiskey is a VERY stinky process
2. Making Whiskey makes everything in the surrounding area really black
3. Making Whiskey is a real pain in the butt and takes a REALLY long time
4. My tour guide pronounced the word "fire" like "fur"
5. On the tour, you get to see the actual safe that killed Jack Daniel
6. Interesting personal fact: I went on the tour with my father, stepfather and father-in-law. Weird.
7. The ultimate irony in the universe: Moore County is dry. The only place in the whole county where you can buy Jack Daniel's whiskey is at the distillery. Even that took a special law getting passed.

So the next time you're near Lynchburg, TN (pop. 5,978), stop by the distillery. Just be prepared to hold your nose, 'cause it's STINKY!