Tic-Toc Trip to town

Tic-Toc Ice Cream

Today (Wednesday 3/25) we ventured forth from our fortress abode in search of food, wine and adventure in places not too populated for safety.

The local Food Lion store was comfortable with a minimum number of shoppers -- all were quietly picking up what they needed.  One of this and two of that, none of the gimmie all you got frenzy of a week ago,

There was plenty of stock but the shelves were not full and a few items were absent or very low.  TP and hand sanitizer were absent altogether but most other things were available although not necessarily all sizes and brands or flavors. Prices were up slightly of some thing but most were little changed from our last visit. We bought groceries for a week and they had everything on our list except Wine. (This is Tennessee after all and if a grocery store is not inside city limits, then can sell beer but not wine.) so we had to drive to the big city of Loudon to get some wine at Grove Liquors - they were open and friendly - I was the only customer when I entered but when as drove off, another customer was pulling in.

Driving down Grove Street, I noticed lights and an Open sign at Tic-Toc Ice Cream Parlor.  Mary and I stopped in for a scoop - Pralines and Cream for her and Mountain Berries for me.  This locally owned and operated business can only sell as take out with the "Restaurant" regulations so we carried our ice cream out and ate it as we strolled around the empty square and enjoyed a bit of normalcy in a world gone mad.

Tennessee: 957  Loudon County:6