Trip to Clarksville

This weekend we went out to Texarkana to see Renea and then over to Clarksville to pick up Daniel's Grandma so she can fly out to California to see Sherri, Dennis and her sister Gloria. While we were in Clarksville we stopped by the family's old movie shop because it has recently been bought and in the process of being renovated. They are turning it into an antique shop, the square is a giant antique mall in hopes to draw travelers of those who specifically stop in small towns for antiques.

 This is Daniel in front of the very large, Confederate statue in the middle of the square. Below are the pictures of what it says on the statue and who it is for and such.

 Yeah, not the most flattering picture of me, but it is SOOOO hot and I wanted to get out of the sun as soon as possible. As you can see I have no tan and I am thinking it will stay that way as long as it stays over 100. We are on day 14 of consecutive days over 100 degrees. Supposedly in other years there are only 10 total days that are over 100 in the whole year, looks like we picked a great year to move to Texas.( Let me help you all out here and let you know that I am being 100% sacrcastic in this statement, Daniel is even saying it is a little warm for him here.)

This is the view from the street of the Movie Shoppe. The far right building is an antique store, the middle two are the old movie shop and future site of the new antique shop. In this square I counted 7 antique shops, so I guess it really is an antique mall. They believed the building was built in the 1880s.

 This is an elevator that was in the shop, as I said they believed the building was built in the 1880s but the elevator said 1870s so they now believe the building could be older.

 Before the renovations this arch way was completely squared off. I like that they are taking it back to its original structure and features.

 The far beam is a support beam the Daniel and is uncle Michael put in to prevent the roof from caving in. They had to put in two support beams and some braces in the rafters. This is the back of the second building.

This is the front of the second building and they will be making the ceilings as high as in the back of this building.

Also during this trip Daniel learned a sad news. The handicap ramp that he built for his Eagle Scout project was recently ripped down. Originally the building he built it for was a senior center, now it is a lodge. The building owner also never took care of the ramp and it was falling apart.

 Here he is so happy to have accomplished his project.

                                           Here he is today, sad to see it gone.

These are his initials in the cement on the porch they laid before the ramp was built. So even though his ramp is no longer there his porch and initials remain.