Bopping Around Fayetteville

On Thursday, we ran a variety of errands and bopped around Fayetteville.  In the morning we rented the car we'll drive up to Philly for Christmas, then did some shopping.  After a little lunch, we headed out to do some more Christmas shopping.  When that was done, we stopped by the Airborne & Special Operations Museum in downtown Fayetteville.  It's quite an impressive museum:

There is a 20 minute movie explaining the function of the airborne troops.  The museum exhibit itself is huge and traces the history of airborne troops from World War II to the present day.  There really was too much to absorb, and we came away with Division numbers dancing in our heads.

After the museum, we drove over to Fred Chason's Grandsons, a buffet restaurant that locals say provides the most genuine down-home Southern cooking.

The restaurant has a ranch-style feel.  Buffet trays were piled high with fried chicken, baked chicken, sausage, meatloaf, ribs, pulled pork and beef, as well as a wide variety of cooked vegetables, a salad bar and desserts.  It didn't take us long to get stuffed!  Dinner for two:  $22.00.