Day one. I took the red eye from San Francisco on Friday, September 11th, a great day to fly on an airplane across country. Called and wished Hailey a happy birthday, then had a miserable flight to Atlanta, just could not fall asleep. I took MARTA to North Point, creepy at 6:30 in the morning, but Annica was there right on time, picked me up at 8:30 am and we were on our way.After an hour of driving, and after taking a nap, we stopped at a "QT", a gas station and food etc. market, loaded with all sorts of good stuff. They have red hot dogs, I mean, they are really red, supposed to be spicy, I may stop to try one before this trip ends. We got some coffee, vitamin water, some fruit and were on our way. Next stop was a Loves truck stop, outside the store was a very large parrot, I made friends and got a picture.
Along the road there were long stretches with these large sheer walls of rock on the side of the freeway. Also, lots of huge fireworks stands, at least near the border with Georgia, many come to Tenessee to buy fireworks, apparently legal here and not legal in Georgia.
First stop is Nashville, the Hotel was ok, Comfort Inn, right down the street from downtown Nashville, with the Grand Old Opre, lots of tourist spots, pretty nice cowboy boot and leather shops if you are into that kind of thing. Across the river is LT Stadium, home of the Tenessee Titans, nice.
After getting checked in, having lunch in downtown Nashville, I had a very long nap, and later we went over to the Vanderbilt University area, much nicer, and had a good dinner at a Japanese Restaurant, sat outside on a very nice evening, and across the street was an outdoor theater showing Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein, that was fun. Found a Ben and Jerry's for dessert.
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