We headed back to Lumpkin to check out a few features of the town. We decided to try the recommended Michele’s for lunch. They advertise the best Southern style cooking in Georgia. We arrived at 11:30 am to a down home place with vinyl tablecloths and a tray line to pick out you food items.
There was the usual selection of southern foods; carrot slaw, potato salad, fried chicken, hamburger steak, mac and cheese, collard greens, green beans, banana cream pudding and several types of pie.
The food was hot, good, and cheap. This was definitely the lunch place in town. We watched workers in their dusty jeans and shirts, professionals in starched white shirts and older people coming in for lunch. When we left there was a line all the way to the door and then it turned around and headed back up to the cash register. Boy, did we hit the timing right.
We walked around the courthouse square to check out the area. Store fronts around the square date back to 1894. We discovered Nana’s Nook with antiques and collectibles. She is a retired teacher doing well with her store. We did find a 1940s tablecloth that has colors great for our breakfast room.
We headed off to Westville. It is a the living 1850 village. Westville is situated about a mile from Lumpkin started in 1966 by citizens of Lumpkin with buildings dating before 1850 arranged in streets like a real town. It is a warm summer day so it is a relief to have lots of shady trees around. We started the tour with a wagon ride (the Gray line version for 1850.) It was interesting to see how the homes were designed to allow good cross ventilation into the house. Even in the heat, many of the structures were quite pleasant. It was well worth the visit.
