Downtown Knoxville

We went downtown yesterday. Lady's B-Ball Hall of Fame was ok, but no recognition of Jackie Stiles. Had lunch el fresco on the square in the center of town and noticed a poster for an Iris Dement concert Sat. at the Bijou Theatre. Copped a couple ducats at the box office, 5th row center for the show. Knoxville is a big music area and seems to have 3 or 4 local theatres that have shows. After that, we went to the Knoxville Arts Museum, which AAA had listed as a "Hidden Gem." It was neither. We had a terrific but tortuously slow dinnner at Baker Peters Jazz Club on the west side of town. They still allow smoking in restaurants here which seems primative. For all the forecasts of rain and violent storms, we have not had a drop since we got here. They are currently 6" short of normal for the year. Today up to the Cumberland Gap to see where D. Boone explored.