A visit to Casey - Part 3

Continuing the story of our visit to the "Big Things Small Town" (https://www.bigthingssmalltown.com/) of Casey, IL - including some of the shops in town:

We stopped for lunch at the Tetzel-Prime Pretzel shoppe...

I was all for trying the new chicken, bacon pretzel with ranch, but they were out of chicken... so I think I got bacon and cheese instead.

Interesting seats in the pretzel shoppe

Bible verse on the wall: "I can do all thing through Christ who strengthens me."

My bacon and cheese (I think) pretzel

Carl got a regular with salt and a side of nacho cheese for dipping

The outdoor walk-up window for the pretzel shoppe

The hotel in town - Eighteen Nighty Sleepover

This shop was near the wind chime (and across the street from the rocking chair and teeter-totter). From the website: "The man behind the idea of Big Things Small Town is Jim Bolin. Bolin is a local business owner. Born and raised in Casey, he felt like he owed something to the community that has given him the opportunity to build a life, home, and business. All of the items were constructed by him and his crew from Bolin Enterprises, Inc." (https://www.bigthingssmalltown.com/faq)

We found parking right along Main Street - but there was a large gravel lot at SW 1st and W General Robey that could have accommodated a motorhome, even one towing a vehicle behind.

Near the parking lot was a large minion - Carl is trying to get his fingers into the same configuration...

... so he could pose right next!

He also posed next to the World's Largest Twizzle Spoon (can't imagine how many gallons in the drink that would come with!)...

This sign was just down from the spoon - so maybe it is a Swizzle Spoon? I was wondering if the spoon successfully was named "World's Largest" back last year - but it is listed as one of the World's Largest on the website (https://www.bigthingssmalltown.com/list), so I guess it was.

The Big Top...

... and the Big Mousetrap (I guess it is intended to be a place to pose for a photo) - the sign at the top says, "Help me! I'm trapped in Casey, Illinois." -- but the grounds directly around it were being maintained / constructed, so we didn't get close.

Some of the items (like the shoes that were in the candy shop) are located inside businesses. The World's Largest Knitting Needles and Crochet Hook were inside The Farmer's Wife Gift Shoppe...

... and it was normally closed on Wednesday (the sign on the door said "Wednesday hours by chance") -- so we didn't see them directly - though you can kind of see the knitting needles through the window and in front of the window on the other side of the store around the corner. There is also a photo of the lady who proved that they were indeed valid knitting needles as she cast on 10 stitches and knit 10 rows of material. As the sign says, each needle is 25 pounds... I think that would make a very cumbersome knitting bag!

On the other side of The Farmer's Wife building was a mural...

"So God Made A Farmer"

Part of the text of Paul Harvey's speech is included below the mural - I recommend hearing it - here is one source for it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWjUT1RjNdQ