Day 3: October 22, 2026
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This is the Aretha Frankensteins you're most likely familiar with. It's the original in Chattanooga. I've never eaten at Aretha's two days in a row, and having a waffle of insane greatness yesterday prompted me to try something different today. An intemperate shrimp omelet was perfect.
I left Chattanooga on I-24 which surprised me by dipping into Georgia for a few miles. I was headed directly to the night's planned lodging and just letting the GPS tell me how to get there. As I approached Nashville, I realized I would be passing within spitting distance of one of my favorite automotive museums, and decided I needed to see a few more cars this trip. It had been just about two years since I'd visited Lane Motor Museum and figured they would at least have a new temporary exhibit or some such. It turns out the museum had expanded into the old garage area in June and now had room to display about 60 more cars.

The area just inside the entrance is where temporary displays ususlly appear. This cluster of cars surrounds a sign touting the expansion and other changes. You can read the website's version here. The museum's oldest and newest cars are displayed nearby. Mini Madness currently occupies an area to the right that I think changes a little more than others.

This is the former garage. It extends behind that wall on the right. I remember parking in here a time or two. A pair of Infiniti prototypes from 2017 and 2018 sit in the center, with a fleet of micro-cars right behind. The area hidden in the first photo holds a bunch of propeller-driven vehicles. The big red 1919 Leyat Helico looks like a pretty good match for the 1932 Helicron that I've photographed several times before, and which is currently displayed back in the main section. If you didn't already know, you can probably guess why I like this museum. These are cars that you won't see just anywhere.

I came to my senses once I left the expressway, and determined that there was really no rush to get where I was going. The fact that Lane Motor Museum is on the Dixie Highway may have had something to do with that. So, before I left the museum parking lot, I loaded the next segment of the DH into the GPS and worked my way through downtown Nashville.

You may have also guessed that not every brewery I visit shows up in this journal. On this trip I found new-to-me breweries in Knoxville (Abridged Beer Company) and Chattanooga (Totality Brewing) that went unnoted until now. The main reason I'm including Living Waters Brewing here is that it is just over a hundred off of the Dixie Highway on the north side of Nashville. A second reason is so that I can tell a story.

I was wearing a Narrow Path Brewery T-shirt, and as I walked up to the bar, a fellow sitting there turned and said, "I love that brewery.".

I must have looked pretty skeptical because he immediately followed that with, "It's in Loveland."

It turned out that he had lived near Cincinnati for several years and still got back there once in a while. We proceeded to discuss various southern Ohio breweries while I downed the Rottach Marzen you see before you.

The Dixie Highway eventually led me to Wigwam Village #2 where I had a teepee reserved for the night. The picture at right shows the view from and here's the view of room #3.
I ate breakfast a Five Broke Girls back in 2019, but ever since then it's been closed or there have been other problems that kept me from returning. Until tonight. I got the patty melt because Keith at the Wigwams said it was quite good. He was right. He also said it wasn't particularly healthy. I'm sure he's right about that, too.
Night had fallen by the time I finished dinner and returned to Wigwam Village. The neon sign was already lit and before long Keith had a fire going. I met a couple from Indiana and another from Tennessee with their grandkids at the fire. At least three other teepees were filled, but their residents chose to remain inside.
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