Christmas is Coming! Let's go shop for pearls for our holiday and birthday presents this year!! The Trip The $499 investment includes three nights accommodation in a cabin on Kentucky Lake, October 19-22, 2023. We will have a welcome cook out dinner on the 19th! And, on the 20th, we will tour the US Pearl Farm with our presenter, Bob Keats! Harvest an American pearl! Learn all about US pearl farming. And then enjoy a fabulous BBQ lunch!! We are going to have an amazing time!! There will be opportunities to shop at the US Pearl Company on both the 20th and 21st! This is a wholesale supplier of pearls. They are under new management and we will receive 50% off all marked prices on their jewelry! (Although they will have some extra deals at a greater discount, too!!) You will be shopping wholesale, just like The Pearl Girls!! More, More, More Optional things to do in the area... Do a tour of Lorretta Lynns Dude Ranch Museum and Patsy Clines Crash Site. Or, we have an option to travel out on a pontoon boat on Kentucky Lake. ($25 pp additional) You are also welcome to explore the artifact of the Pearl Farm and shop at their exclusive jewelry store. Here is everything you need to know! We had a fabulous trip April 8 -11, 2021 again on July 7-10, 2022. Now it is time for our 2023 trip... good friends, lots of laughs and some Christmas shopping! Arrive on your own October, 19th. Enjoy a dinner the 19th. Stay in a cabin the 19th - the 22nd. Learn more about US pearls on the pearl presentation on the 20th. Shop for wholesale pearls on the 20th and 21st. Head home at your leisure on the 22nd! Come stay at a pearl farm with me! As you know, I travel all over the world buying pearls from international pearl farms. Over the years, I have invited some of you to come with me. And, we have had a ball! Fiji, French Polynesia, Australia, Mexico and Vietnam... we have gone to some amazing places for pearls. Well, COVID grounded us in 2020. And 2021 things didn't look much better ... but, we had an amazing time! I have our next international destinations planned but maybe you want to start with something closer... what about a trip to Tennessee? You see, a man by the name of John Latendresse started a pearl farm on Kentucky Lake outside of Camden, TN in the early 1980s. He enjoyed success as a pearl farmer but, over time, the US market couldn’t compete with the international pearl trade. He sold the pearl farm to Bob Keats who now uses it as an opportunity to teach others about the rich history of pearl farming in Tennessee! Bob Keats will lead our presentation at the pearl farm! We will be staying in cabins on the property of the pearl farm. I’ve Never Heard You may have never heard of this pearl farm in Tennessee! It is a little hidden gem right here in the south! To learn more, see this episode on America’s Heartland! We will be traveling on Thursday, October 19th. Find your own way to Camden! We will meet up the evening of the 19th and stay in one of Bob’s cabins overlooking Kentucky Lake! Since we will all be arriving at different times, and from all over, we will meet up for a cook out on the evening of the 19th! If you cant make it until the 20th, no problem, although we cannot offer a price adjustment. And we will love to have you make it for the pearl presentation, happening around 10AM. *If you can’t make it, let me know if you want to place a special order! * Pearls in the USA Protege On the afternoon of the 20th, or anytime on the 21st, we have been invited on another pearl excursion! John Latendresse’s protege, James Peach, started his own pearl and shell company, The US Pearl Company. Today James Peach works in Tennessee and abroad importing and selling pearls. He also has his own stash of amazing American pearls. Although he only sells wholesale, I have gotten special permission for us to shop at the Peach showroom so you, too, can enjoy wholesale prices! James Peach has recently passed away but his staff still welcomes us with open arms! We will shop and learn more about the US Pearl Company on the 20th or 21st (or, both days! It is up to you!!) On the 22nd, we will part ways and make our journey home! Here is an example of one of the cabins! Everyone is welcome. We can enjoy a large cabin together or you can enjoy and intimate night in a cabin on your own, all for the same price! Let me know if you have a special request. Let’s Do It The investment is $499 per person. This includes three night accommodations in a cabin on Kentucky Lake, October 19-22. This also includes dinner on the 19th and a visit to the US Pearl Company showroom on October 20th and 21st. (with special Pearl Girls wholesale access!). Need more info? I will be happy to chat with you and answer any questions you might have! Best, India ❤️ Please know, this trip is non refundable! Thanks! Under Georgia law, there is no liability for an injury or death of an individual working with The Pearl Girls, LLC or Pearl Adventures, LLC if such injury or death results from the inherent risks of contracting COVID-19. You are assuming this risk by joining this trip.
There's only one working pearl farm left in the United States, and it can be found right here in Tennessee.
The Tennessee Pearl Farm in Camden, Tennessee is the only freshwater pearl farm on the entire continent of North America.
Freshwater Pearls in Camden, Tennessee, is the only place in North America will you find such pearls. Visit the museum and stay in a cabin.
AnaVista Tower at Anakeesta in Gatlinburg, Tennessee.
NH 50930: Pearl Harbor Attack, 7 December 1941 Photograph taken from a Japanese plane during the torpedo attack on ships moored on both sides of Ford Island. View looks about east, with the supply depot, submarine base and fuel tank farm in the right center distance. A torpedo has just hit USS West Virginia on the far side of Ford Island (center). Other battleships moored nearby are (from left): Nevada, Arizona, Tennessee (inboard of West Virginia), Oklahoma (torpedoed and listing) alongside Maryland, and California. On the near side of Ford Island, to the left, are light cruisers Detroit and Raleigh, target and training ship Utah and seaplane tender Tangier. Raleigh and Utah have been torpedoed, and Utah is listing sharply to port. Japanese planes are visible in the right center (over Ford Island) and over the Navy Yard at right. Japanese writing in the lower right states that the photograph was reproduced by authorization of the Navy Ministry. NHHC Photograph Collection.
When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, they catapulted the United States into World War II in one swift stroke.
Discover these wonderful hidden gems throughout our state with these 15 unique and fun day trips in Tennessee.
There's only one working pearl farm left in the United States, and it can be found right here in Tennessee.
AnaVista Tower at Anakeesta in Gatlinburg, Tennessee.
AnaVista Tower at Anakeesta in Gatlinburg, Tennessee.
