DAY 61 - NASHVILLE, TN.

Well another relaxing easy day!   We have travelled thousands of miles, sightseed so much - that it has been nice to have the last couple of days just low-key.   The guys golfed again and all 4 of us girls went to the Mall and took advantage of Macey's amazing sale!   This evening Ted had got us tickets for the Opry Country Classics held at the Ryman Auditorium downtown Nashville.   Larry Gatlin was the Host and he and his brothers sung such songs as "Broken Lady"...."Farther Along"....a very good show.   We have had 3 nights of concerts in Nashville - all quite different and all very good.  We certainly have had a real taste of this Musical City!

DAY 60 - NASHVILLE, TN.

No pictures will be posted today - mainly because I didn't take any!!   The guys golfed this morning and Sue, Marg & I went to a Mall about 10 minutes away while Jan opted to have a 'catch up' morning.   Bob had got tickets for an evening at the 'Bluebird Cafe' - which is a place where up and coming singers and song-writers perform.  It is a very popular place and we enjoyed it very much.   Stopped off at Shoneys for dessert and altogether it was a very nice relaxing day.  

DAY 59 - NASHVILLE - TN.

Our Home for the next 4 nights!

Country Music Hall of Fame




Bob has always admired Elvis!

 

Here we enjoyed a wonderful concert tonight.

Left for a day in Nashville at 10 a.m. and got back to the Campsite at 10 p.m.   We started off by stopping at the Visitor's Centre acquiring some information for today and also booking an evening at the Bluebird Cafe for tomorrow night.    This is where aspiring song-writers and new artists perform - all on the threshold of 'making it' on the music scene.   We had lunch at an upstairs restaurant however we all dearly wanted to hear some live Music..... after all we were in Nashville!    Leisurely we wandered - dropping in at various shops - and then the rain started!    Last night there was lightning and thunder and now it had started again.   Some of us had umbrellas but some didn't - and so got quite wet.    Then we decided to drop in on "The Stage" - and enjoyed about 30 minutes of Country Music by a very good group over diet cokes.   Still anxious to take in a concert tonight - we visited the Grande Old Opry to see if we could get tickets - and that we did.  So...tonight we experienced 2 1/2 hours of wonderful Country music which all of us thoroughly enjoyed.   It ended up being a fabulous day and even though we got a little wet and bedraggled looking....accomplished everything we wanted to do and more!

DAY 58 - CARTERSVILLE GA TO NASHVILLE, TN.



Our Entertaining Driver




My 'State' Picture - always seem to miss the official "Welcome one" !!



Longest Pedestrian Bridge in the World we walked over!

 We ended up leading the first part of the journey today as had to visit an RV Repair place in Chattanooga.   Yesterday one of our slides became intermittent and then completely refused to work!   It took about 3 hours for them to fix it - luckily it wasn't the motor just a wiring problem - but the up-side of this was we got to see Chattanooga!    Caught the Electric Shuttle to the North Shore with a very talkative and interesting female driver - and I got to take several pictures including the Tennessee River and the Longest Pedestrian Bridge in the world!  On our return from the North Shore after a very nice lunch - we walked over this famous Pedestrian Bridge and then drove back to the RV Company and picked up our Rig.   Luckily we are travelling with very obliging family and friends who waited patiently for all that went with the picking up and payment of the repair.     Arrived in Nashville Tennessee around 5 p.m.

DAY 57 - AUGUSTA GA - CARTERSVILLE, GA

An evening stroll by the lake!

Downtown Atlanta



Our Home for the past 57 days!



Didn't leave til 9:00 this morning as a shorter trip was planned today.   Walked over to McDonalds at Wallmart and had coffee and an Egg McMuffin and then Ted started us on our way.    We stopped at another McDonalds for a break - and ended up having lunch there.  (I just hope my Doctor doesn't get access to this Blog or he would not be impressed!)   The last part of the trip was a little nerve-racking to say the least.   We found ourselves on the largest Freeway ever - in fact at one point another complete 4 lane Freeway merged onto the Freeway we were on!  Poor Ted was leading - and making sure we were in the right lane to exit required lots of concentration.   We had planned to stay at the Atlanta Marietta Park but when we finally arrived we were told they were full!    Anyways it all turned out for the best as after a few phone calls we managed to book at the Allatoona Landing Marine Resort in Cartersville - a very lovely RV park - and we all arrived safe and sound!   Tonight we all ate together outside and then went for a wonderful walk down to the Marina.  We are right beside the lake - a very beautiful place here.

DAY 56 - MYRTLE BEACH - AUGUSTA, GEORGIA

Our Campsite for Tonight!






Jan makes some suggestions for our entertaiment in Augusta!!

 

  Well we are certainly taking in a lot of States on this trip - adding Georgia to the list today!   An uneventful drive to Augusta - stopping at Dunkin' Doughnuts for coffee and then Subway for Lunch!   We didn't want to arrive at Augusta too early as we decided we would spend tonight at a Wallmart Parking Lot as there didn't seem to be a whole lot of RV Parks to choose from close to where we want to be.   It was 89 degrees F. and so needless to say that us girls quickly shopped at Wallmart (mostly because of the air-conditioning) and then Ted very kindly drove us to the Mall for the evening.  Jan had some photo ordering to do and the guys watched football!   I should add that normally we have air-conditioning in our Rig - except we are not hooked up electrically tonight.  

DAY 55 - MYRTLE BEACH




  Well there isn't too much to say about today other than Myrtle Beach is gorgeous and I wish I could stay here a week!   It is another Hawaii - beautiful beach and fabulous weather.  This morning I opted to do some Laundry while Bob stocked up on water at Wallmart.   This afternoon Gil, Sue, Ted, Marg, Bob and I drove to the Beach - walked along the beautiful surf beach and the Boardwalk.   Tonight we all went out for dinner and had lots of good conversation and fun.   Tomorrow we leave for Augusta.