Fountain Run

Fountain Run is a small - very small - town (the sign says population 342, but the last census said 236) which sits exactly at the three-way intersection of Allen, Monroe, and Barren Counties. Of the three, Monroe is the county that officially claims it.

Using the sign for target practice seems to be a major local pasttime.

Roller Coaster Yard Sale

If you missed the 400 Mile Yard Sale in June, take heart: there's another giant marathon yard sale in Kentucky coming up.

The Roller Coaster Yard Sale will be held October 1, 2 and 3 in the vicinity of Hwy 90 and Hwy 63, starting in the Mammoth Cave area.

The Tour Southern & Eastern Kentucky site says: "Don't miss this three day grassroots extravaganza from Mammoth Cave, KY to Tennessee - around Dale Hollow Lake and back to Glasgow, KY, with over 150 miles of yard sales, crafts, antiques, handcrafted quilts, produce, southern foods, BBQ, entertainment, souvenirs, flea markets and more!

Visit the offical Roller Coaster Yard Sale website: rollercoasterfair.com.

Dovie's Restaurant

In February 2003, I received an email from one Rebecca Troyer, urging me to do a post about Dovie's Restaurant in Tompkinsville. As I am livin' on Creeps time, it's taken me until now to get around to it. But here 'tis!

I haven't actually been down to Tompkinsville in a few years, but I hear-tell lots of good things about Dovie's, and next time I find myself in Monroe County, I plan on making a point of getting a Dovieburger, squozed.

Squozed? Squozed. At Dovie's, they offer their burgers squozed or unsquozed, meaning they will or will not squeeze all the hot grease out with the spatula before serving. The Dovie burger, you see, is deep fried. Immersed completely in hot oil. They also offer deep-fried hot dogs, ham and cheese, ham and egg, or bologna and egg sandwiches. It ain't fer vegans. Still, they're using soybean oil, which is better for you, I suppose, than recycled bacon skillet scrapings. I suppose.


KET's Kentucky Life did a segment about them, which you can watch online here.

(Bonus Tompkinsville trivia: 70s/80s NFL football star Elois Grooms was born and raised here. Whatever happened to ol' Elois?)