The Road to Roy's Records

Today, Brian and I took a road trip to a little place called Roy's Records, in Maryville. Brian spotted, in the newspaper, that Roy's was having a huge sale before they closed down. We left today around 1:45 p.m. and we didn't get back until 7:00 p.m.

As we made our way through Knoxville, we began to look around in anticipation of our destination. As we turned onto East Broadway, we saw a huge mural painted on the side of a building. Come to find out, it was ROY'S! We took a picture to show Shawn that he missed out on seeing Dolly Parton :)

When we first stepped into the store, we were in shock at all of the cool and old items they had. The store was lined with autographed pictures and antique instruments. We decided it would be easier to cover more ground if we split up, so we did. After about 20 minutes of wondering around the store in awe, we finally began our journey through the piles of records. We quickly found that the good ones were all hiding in boxes at the rear of the store. Brian looked though some while I looked through the old 45s. I found one that I liked by the O'Jays. That's the only 45 we got. After about 30 minutes of searching the 45s, I decided to go back and see what hidden treasures Brian had ran across. He had found a vast array of records, ranging from Ray Charles to Christmas albums. I sat down beside him, and began scanning through the boxes.

I had trouble deciding between two of the Village People's records. And if I would've know that they were 50% off the sticker price, I would've got them both. We finished going through most of the boxes when it was almost five o'clock, closing time. While we were there, Brian fell in love. The girl that rang up our purchases was "the perfect girl". She "likes music AND she's beautiful". Anyways, we both got some cool stuff, as you can see in the pictures, and then we went on our way.

The four to the left are mine. The other nine are Brians.

After the record store, we swung by Wendy's and grabbed a bite to eat, and then we went over to Sevierville. We were originally going to go to Outdoor World, this huge outdoor store, but it hadn't opened yet. Instead of the outdoor store, we went to Smoky Mountain Knife Works, and Workshop Tools. We had some fun there too, as you can see from the picture of the singing bears below.

To sum up everything, we both had a great little adventure out away from Jefferson City. And I forgot, I got a Ukulele, and we got Brwyan a Kazoo!

Mr. Brian