Jane joined me on Sunday and together we did a bus tour of the sights, visited a number of sights including the Country Music Hall of Fame, the Frist Center for the Visual Arts, where we saw an extremely well curated show of art deco influenced cars and motorcycles, the State Capital, the Bicentennial Park, and the Farmers Market. We had drinks and listened to live bands at Legends, Tootsies, the Silver Dollar, and The Stage; had lunch and dinner while listening to live music at Margaritaville and BB King's respectively; and had beer and danced at the Crazy Horse. We had a nice but pricey steak dinner at Morton's, a great pulled pork plate lunch at Puckets, and a good pasta dinner at Demo's, a family restaurant that specializes in great service, large portions and low prices.
And to cap it all we were able to get tickets to the Tuesday Night show at the Grand Ole Opry, a great experience.
We stayed at the Hilton Homewood Suites on Church Street and were very satisfied with the service which included a full buffet breakfast that changed from day to day that we took advantage of, and a free daily dinner offering with wine and beer which we did not. I was able to park by motorcycle in an indoor lot a short walk from the hotel. Because of a small mixup with some laundry that I had brought to the desk Sunday afternoon that did not make it back to our room till Wednesday, we were not charged for either the laundry or the 4 days of parking. Pretty sweet. We totally enjoyed our four days in Nashville and will no doubt be back someday.
This morning Jane took a taxi to the airport and I headed east to the Appalachians. As I arrived at Pigeon Forge which is a little southeast of Knoxville the skies to the east were a threathening dark colour so I pulled into the parking lot of the Quality Inn here and took a room for the night. No sooner had I brought in my luggage that the skies openned up and the rain fell by the bucketful..
Tomorrow is another day.
Good you got in safely before the rain. Today in Ottawa we have had or are under the following advisories: very high UV index, a humidex warning, a tornado warning and watch and a severe thunderstorm warning and watch. Good thing you aren't considering a motorcycle trip here.
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