Cathy & I just got back from a trip to Nashville to see Pat, and by extension, Nick. We flew out late on Saturday August 8th, arriving at our hotel at about 11:30 p.m. Since the next day was Sunday, we didn't do much. We toured the Grand Ole Opry Hotel and Convention Center later in the afternoon, after Pat and Nick came over to our hotel. It was an amazing hotel, with three separate indoor gardens with waterfalls, streams, foot paths, and the like. It was impressive and of course I forgot my camera. It was pricey; it cost us $18 just to park. Later on we went to the movies and watched G.I. Joe. Kinda corny but fun anyway.
On Monday Cathy and I went to the Grand Ole Opry museum, then the gift shop, then got tickets for Tuesday night's show. That afternoon we went with Pat to Falls Creek Falls State Park. Pictures 4 thru 7 above were taken at that park. It was fun, but was a lot of driving. Cathy showed her grace by missing a step and falling on her backside. She scraped her leg and twisted her foot a bit, but is still strong for a 55 year old lady and we didn't have to call the paramedics.
Tuesday was kinda quiet except for the visit to the Grand Ole Opry show. It was part twangy and part country rock, and was also a live radio show so there were commercials between acts. We thought it was a lot of fun.
On Wednesday we were going to go with Pat and Nick on a riverboat ride but it was cancelled, so we ended up eating lunch and taking in another movie, this time Harry Potter, in IMAX 3-D. It was only 3-D for the previews for a Scrooge cartoon and the first 13 minutes of Harry Potter, but it was enough to impress. The IMAX 3-D is awesome. Later in the afternoon Cathy and I went to the Grand Ole Opry show, which is also a live radio show so they had commercials. Some was twangy and old style, some was modern country rock, and it was all fun.
Thursday was taken up by a trip to the Apple store, the electronic one, and a driveby of music row. Then after lunch we went to Pat's house and picked him up. We went downtown and stopped at a skateboard store Pat wanted to look at, that happened to be about a block away from the Country Music Museum and Hall of Fame. Pat actually didn't mind touring the museum, so we did. It was a lot bigger than the Grand Ole Opry museum but not as interesting.
Friday we got up at 0800 for breakfast, then went back to bed and slept until noon. We went out and got our souvenirs and gifts, ate lunch, and went back to the hotel. We didn't go to sleep all night, in fact I read, because we had to leave for the airport at about 0345 to check in for a 0600 flight. We got home at about 0930, all jet lagged up.
On the photos, the second one I took inside the Country Music Hall of Fame gift shop. The third one I took because Pat said that they called the tall building with the spires on each end the "Batman Building". Easy to see why. The fancy suits were on display at the Marty Robbins section of the Grand Ole Opry museum.
We are glad to be home.
