In reality it was home and heart to Samuel Clemens, the writer Mark Twain. Fictionally, it was the basis for Tom Sawyer and Becky Thatcher and Huck Finn and all the gang. It's a cute tourist town with some sweet historical elements and on Thursday nights in the Summer they have concerts under the stars. We watched a lovely blue-grass concert on the mall outside the Mark Twain Boyhood Home.
After a tour of the Mark Twain Boyhood home and the other historic buildings that make up the museum, the Fun Finding Family had dinner at the Mark Twain Dinette, home of the GIANT ROTATING ROOTBEER SIGN (insert monster-truck voice). The Mark Twain Dinette inspired the Bug-man to compose a list of requirements for a dining establishment: 1. Homemade root beer 2. Rotating sign 3. "Yummy food." A fine list and not too much to ask. Apparently the Mark Twain Dinette lived up to all three in his mind--he was particularly impressed by the tower of onion rings.
It was a lovely Summer outing--a little educational, a little kitschy and a lot of relaxing, down time for the family to share.
It was a lovely Summer outing--a little educational, a little kitschy and a lot of relaxing, down time for the family to share.
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