We has been told about The Wild Horse Saloon. They had line dancing from 6pm and was a place for good food and music. It sounded like a perfect place. Photo is of Joanne next to the Wild Horse. It started to drizzle, then rain, then pour, then a thunderstorm struck and the rain pelted down. The sidewalks and roadways were awash. Many of the buildings do not have verandahs and the sidewalks are not covered. We had bought rainwear, but to this time had not n...

It was museum day today in Nashville. After getting advice from the tourist information office we had the day planned. Firstly the Ryman Theatre. This is called the "home church" of country music. It began as an evangelists church and later remodelled to become the original theatre for the Grand Old Opry. The Grand Old Opry started in this building in 1927 before moving to the new theatre that we visited last night. The new venue increased the seating from a...

Well Queenie got us safely to Nashville, a little over 20 minutes late, so by the time we got settled in to the Indigo Hotel in downtown Nashville it was after 2pm. We decided to send a box of our purchases so far home, so it was off to the US Postal Service around the corner from the hotel, buy a box and them back to the hotel to pack it. Then to the post office and send it on its way. ShoUld be 8-10 days, so we shall see. By this time we were hungry so we w...

Half way stop at Jackson Tennessee (not to be confused with Jackson, Mississippi in the adjacent state which we went through on the train from New Orleans. Is it really necessary to have two towns with the same name so close together?) But I digress. There is a story to tell about bus travel, or at least our experiences about it on this journey. I had booked our two tickets for $15 each and I became concerned when I read the small print on the tickets which s...

Here's to a new experience. Waiting at the bus terminal in Memphis for the 4 hour journey to Nashville. Certainly at different crowd to airports and trains!