Getting started today was a little bittersweet, as today Lou
& Rose’ son Larry would have to leave us and head back home; he still suffers with that
four letter word – WORK. Larry has been
a great traveling companion, helping in with directions and being a great
co-pilot for Lou. We enjoyed our
breakfast with him and then we all wished him a smooth flight with no delays heading back to
CA.
Our plan for today was to go to Nashville and tour the Ryman
Theater. Lou & Rose road in the
rental car with us while Bruce & Trish followed in the Model A. We parked the cars in the public parking
garage and walked the short distance to the main street area. We bought tickets for the self-guided tour
and started off by watching a movie of the history of the Theater; afterwards
we all commented that the movie was excellent.
There was so much history to read on our tour that you could not read
everything. The restoration of the
theater was major effort and it sure saved a piece of country music history.
Leaving the theater we headed to Main Street and walked by many
bars and restaurants with their live music filling the sidewalk with
tunes. It may have been daylight but the
neon signs shining brightly. We had
lunch at Jason Aldean’s (I guess he’s a country singer), no live music, but videos
of him singing.
The next stop was to be Opryland, but the only available
tour was not until 4PM which did not fit our schedule. I think the rain today had people
opt for inside attractions. The
alternative plan was to visit the Lane Motor Museum. It was a nice facility (a converted Sunbeam
Baking building) that had an unusual collection of cars from around the worl, and some of those were very strange. It
was a good place to visit and only 2 miles from our hotel.
Trish and Bruce were going to have dinner with her niece
Crystal and her husband Bo who are on a 6 month tour of the states and just
happened to be in the Nashville area. We
joined Lou & Rose for dinner and when we returned we all watched the Patriot’s
game in the hotel common area.
Tomorrow, we (Nan & I) will head home, while Bruce &
Trish and Lou & Rose will head towards North Carolina and the Blue Ridge
Parkway.
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| Lou & Rose with Little Jimmy Dickens |
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| Bruce & Trish in the gallery at the Ryman Auditorium |
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| Standing under the restored balcony sign |
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| A Legendary Trio |
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| WHAT DO YOU MEAN I MISSED THAT NOTE! |
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| some of the great names of bars |
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| The music filled the sidewalks |
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| The street was an endless bars |
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| The food bus at Opryland |
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| Bruce & Lou at Opryland |
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| A partial view of the vehicle at the Lane Museum |
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| A Tatra |
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| Same car from the rear |
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| These were crazy cars, what were they thinking? |
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| More of the vehicles |
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| I just liked the color of this. Restoration was $35K |
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| A Citroen 2CV, Yes we could fit |
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| Another pedestrian clearer |
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| 5/8 scale Austin Batum |
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| AJ's Good Time Bar |
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