The weekend that was Nashville

This year Melinda has been helping a book publisher edit their science books for elementary schools. Three times a year they send her to Nashville all expenses paid and put her up in the Gaylord Hotel (Grand Ole Opry). This weekend was one of those trips and I got to go with her, actually we all loaded up in the dog house on wheels and headed out to the land of country music. If you've never been to the Grand Ole Opry Hotel it's an experience. You can get lost in that place. The whole place is like one gigantic green house complete with it's own river and water falls.

This was our view from the terrace off our hotel room.

I had to take a short nap after the long drive, we had a big night planned for us, think free open bar.

Since it was an all expenses paid trip we took full advantage of room service. Pizza & beers you can't go wrong.

One of the many waterfalls inside the hotel. Pretty girl not included, I brought her along.

Supposedly there was a boat you could ride in that would take you down the river complete with a tour guide but we skipped that part. Yes this is inside the hotel as well.

We only got to stay in the hotel for one night because we had the dogs with us who were staying with my sister Becky so we jetted over to her house and crashed with them Saturday night.

My sister Becky, bro-law Jason and Niece Amelia.

Amelia and I having a cold one.

Moonshine giving Amelia a kiss, how sweet.

On our way home we were flying through Knoxville trying to outrun a nasty T-storm and we saw this really sweet van and we had to take a few pics. This thing was 4 wheel drive, had a wench, stove, sink and who know what else. That's all I could see as we drove past. I thought we had the ultimate camping vehicle but this thing was bad as hell. We did have one up on them, the capability to haul 4 bikes.