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| Map of the grounds |
We spent the morning wandering around the ranch grounds and then had a tour of several buildings and the main house. We broke camp around 12:30 and drove 149 miles under sunshine and blue skies. Sonny has caught a cold and has a miserable cough that is keeping him up at night so we have been short on sleep.
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| Main store and Post Office |
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The family cabin in Appalachian Kentucky that Loretta lived in about 13 years before she married Oliver Lynn. ( I always thought Lynn was her middle name not her husband's name. The family moved to Custer, WA (east of I-5 near Birch Bay). By the time she was 18, she had 4 children so she turned to music to find peace.
Lynn is also one of the most awarded musicians of all time. She has been inducted into more music Halls of Fame than any female recording artist, including The Country Music Hall of Fame and the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and was the first woman to be named the Country Music Association’s Entertainer of the Year in 1972. Lynn received Kennedy Center Honors in 2003 and a Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2013. She has won four Grammy Awards (including a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010) and sold more than 45 million records worldwide.
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| Loretta still uses these carts, |
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| Currently, cattle and horses are raised. |
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| Kitchen entrance to the old plantation home. We couldn't take pictures inside. Loretta now lives in a home behind the main house. When her children visit they still stay in their old rooms in the main house. |
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| Fall decorations on the front door. |
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| Patio area outside the cafe. There were only a few groups visiting so we had plenty of room to walk about. |
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| A few members of the herd. |
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| Reproduction cabins. |
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Rental cabin. I like the "Honky Tonk Girls' Cabin" sign.
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