SOME SIGHTSEEING IN NASHVILLE, TN

Tuesday, September 27 – We traveled about 180 miles down I-64 this morning to Nashville, TN. We are staying at the Madison, TN, Elks Lodge which is a few miles outside of Nashville. There are four VERY TIGHT sights. I question if four RV's could actually fit in the allotted space. Luckily there are only 3 RV's here. The two end spots were taken when we arrived so we had to take one of the middle sites. I doubt anyone would fit next to us unless it was a tiny travel trailer or possibly a Class B motorhome. The sights are not level. They are gravel with two 30 amp ($20/night) and two 50 amp ($25/night) electric. All have water on shared pedestals. There is a dump on site.

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After getting settled in our site, we headed into Nashville for some sightseeing. We've been here before and enjoyed the country bars and music. Today we have several other things we want to see.

Our first stop was the Parthenon. The Parthenon is the centerpiece of Centennial Park in Nashville.   The building and the Athena statue are both full-scale replicas of the Athenian originals. The Parthenon was built for Tennessee's 1897 Centennial Exposition and also serves as Nashville’s art museum.

Marsha went into the Parthenon. It is only $4.00 for seniors. She said it was wonderful. They have many, many photos of what the area looked like during the Exposition. Marsha said it looked lovely. She highly recommends it.

The re-creation of the 42-foot statue Athena is the focus of the Parthenon. The Shield is 15’ in diameter.

 

The ancient Greek goddess Nike was the personification of the ideal of victory.

We then stopped at Jack Cawthon's BBQ for lunch. Thanks to Janice and Dave, who recommended this spot. We certainly were not disappointed. Marsha had the turkey BBQ sandwich, and Paul the pork shoulder BBBQ sandwich. We both enjoyed a side of green beans which were so delicious.

We will finish this quick sightseeing tour in our next post.

Thanks for stopping by. Hope to see y’all back real soon. Have a great day!

ON THE ROAD AGAIN.

Monday, September 26 – After several weeks of delay, we pulled out of our summer home bright and early this morning heading south. Even Paul admits that delaying our departure was a good idea. His knee took a little more time to get to a comfortable state then he anticipated. He would have been pretty miserable trying to keep up with Marsha’s touring plans in Gettysburg and several east coast cities. We'll have to save those for another time!

Amish country in Ohio.

Of course, by mid-day it was raining pretty hard so Paul's work of washing and waxing the truck and RV was for naught. Darn rain! We intended to take the bypass around Cincinnati but got confused in the heavy rain and traffic and missed the turn-off. So we ended up driving straight through the city with its many bridges, a tunnel, construction, and the heavy rain. It actually wasn't too bad and we soon found our turn-off in Kentucky.

We had about 15 miles of travel on back roads from I-71 to the Lake Shelby CG, but since we are heading south the return trip to I-65 in the morning is only about 5 miles. This is a small, very nice campground with ten sites off a small parking lot. The sites have a small concrete pad which was sufficient size for our 36' fifth wheel, water and 30 amp electric. They back up to the Shelbyville Lake which appears to be a pretty nice fishing lake. The cost is a very reasonable at $15 per night.

Site #8.

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Never did this before. Look from behind.

Lake Shelby.

So, our adjusted travel schedule looks something like this. We left Canton, OH, on Monday, September 26, and head south to the Gulf Area. We'll spend a little time in the Gulf Shores, AL, Biloxi, MS, and Bay St. Louis, MS, areas relaxing on the beach and enjoying some seafood.

We will then make a return visit to Betty's RV in Abbeville, LA, to enjoy the Cajun atmosphere, music, food, and drinks so popular in Betty's area.

We will by-pass Houston temporarily, and head to San Antonio and Austin. There are several things we skipped doing during past visits, and others we would like to re-visit.

We should be in Houston, TX, by the end of October. We usually hang around that area through the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays to spend some time with our daughter, Carrie. She just moved into a new loft in downtown that we are anxious to see!

After ringing in the New Year, we will head to Arizona for the remainder of the winter. We really enjoy our time in the Southwestern part of the country. There's all kinds of outdoor activities we enjoy doing, plenty to see and do and many friends to spend some time with.

Again we plan on attending Cleveland Indians Spring Training in March before slowly heading back to Ohio for the summer.

Thanks for stopping by. Hope to see y’all back real soon. Have a great day!

 

2016 FALL TRAVLE PLANS…SUBJECT TO CHANGE

August 17 – Looks like we settled on travel plans, at least through the Christmas holidays. We plan on leaving Ohio mid-September heading for Gettysburg, PA. We'll enjoy the history of the Civil War and meet up with some friends before heading a short distance down the road to Baltimore, MD.

We'll enjoy the Baltimore waterfront and Annapolis, MD, and then turn south. We want to stop in Richmond, VA, to see the state capital, and the rest of the city before moving down to Charleston, SC. There's a lot to see and do in Charleston so we'll be there about a week.

After Charleston, it's on to Florida. We'll stop in Jacksonville for a quick visit and then to Fort Walton Beach, FL, for some relaxation time on the beach.

We'll make our usual stop at the Silver Slipper Casino CG on our way through Mississippi to enjoy some additional beach time and hopefully win a bunch of money! This may be our last stop here because the once reasonable price is beginning to suffer from price creep! It is a wonderful CG – right on the beach!

Then it's on to Betty's RV in Abbeville, LA, to enjoy some Cajun lifestyle. They've had significant flooding recently so we'll be sure to check it out before stopping. We stopped at Betty's back in May 2010 and would like to return to some of the zydeco bars and other sights we visited in the past.

We'll bypass Houston temporarily for a quick visit to San Antonio and Austin. We've visited these cities before we started full timing. We want to revisit some of the neat places in each of these two cities and explore some new areas.

We will then return to Houston to spend Thanksgiving with our daughter, Carrie, before heading to Arizona for the winter.

As the saying goes.....This is written in Jell-O and subject to change. At least we know which way to turn when we pull out of the driveway.

That's it for now. If you have any suggestions or “not to miss” adventures along our route, drop us a note and let us know. Travel safe and we hope to see many of our friends in Arizona this winter.

Thanks for stopping by. Hope to see y’all back real soon. Have a great day!