Nashville, TN - March 27 & 28

Leaving Pigeon Forge and getting to Lebanon, TN (just outside of Nashville) was a slow process.  We hooked up the car to the RV, left our campground and stopped 1/4 mile down the road to get the LP gas filled.  We discovered there wasn't enough room to get the RV and car turned to head out the driveway; we had to unhook the car so Jim could back up the RV to make a wide enough turn.  We got the car hooked up again and were on our way...after stopping for gas, which takes a while to fill that big ole tank.  We decided to stay off the interstate since we only had about 150 miles to go.  It at was a beautiful drive up and down the hills and hollows (the locals call them "HA-lers) of Tennessee.

We stopped in a small town for lunch and noticed that a couple of tires on the RV were low on air.  We found a small tire shop right away, but in order for them to get the air hose close enough to add the air Jim had to back up next to the shop.  You guessed it, we had to unhook the car for the 3rd time that day.  Good thing we stopped; one of the inside duels on the RV didn't have enough air in it to register on the tire pressure checker thingy.  The guy said "wha that TAR has no air!"

After getting the "tars" pumped up, we decided to get on the interstate to make better time.  I was excited and looking forward to spending a couple of days camping next to our friends, Marylou and Tony Hammond a the Countryside Campground in Lebanon, TN.  It was wonderful catching up with the Hammond's.  Marylou made one of her world famous pecan pies, and she and I talked and talked, laughed, and talked some more. I wish we could have stayed longer, I miss them.

Tony and Marylou -- aren't they the cutest?

The four of us went into Nashville to tour the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.  The museum displays musical instruments and stage costumes worn by country music's greatest stars.  The museum also gives a history of country music from it's early hillbilly beginnings to the present with old films, and recordings and interviews of some of country musics hit makers. Leaving the museum, Jim and Tony asked where we would find some of that Nashville music scene we hear about.  We walked a short way to Broadway which is a  5 block area of neon signs, bars and restaurants featuring bands and hopeful country singers performing live on stage.  Music flowed into the streets from these establishments; we stopped for a cold one and enjoyed listening to some singing; this is where the action is! 

Here we are on Broadway.

Forest Lake legends with the Nashville legends.