I'm writing yesterdays post on the road as we had a very late night last night. I'll get to that in a minute but firstly... We started yesterday like we normally do, with an extended breakfast. We didn't go into downtown Nashville until around 12 noon. When we got in we just parked up and went walking. We were told the best places to go were 5
th Avenue and Broadway so we headed over that direction. One of the first places of interest we came across was the world famous
Ryman Auditorium (pictured below). It's where Johnny Cash made his debut and where he first met June
Carter. It also played host to many other greats including Elvis Presley, James Brown, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Neil Young and Dolly
Parton to name but a few. It was also the original home to the longest running radio show in the world, The Grand Ole
Opry. After that we payed a visit to The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. It turned out to be really interesting and we spend a good few hours wandering around taking in all the exhibits. Some of the more interesting items on display were one of Johnny Cash's' original "man in black suits" and Elvis
Presleys car with the crushed diamond and 24 carat gold paint job. When we were finished in the museum we went for a walk down Broadway and just took in some of the other sights Nashville has to offer. It's not a huge city by any means, I guess it would be similar in size to somewhere like Derry, although I could be wrong. When we'd done everything we wanted to do we made our way back to the RV park. We'd heard of a place not to far from the park called
Cooters. It's a Dukes of Hazard themed museum owned and run by the shows on screen mechanic,
Cooter Davenport himself. We decided we'd walk it and
we went about a mile or so until we came across a nice little bar/restaurant called The
Caney Fork. We went in to quench the sudden thirst that came upon us all and lets just say we never made it to
Cooters!! The bar closed at 10pm but we just went around the corner and found another place called Scoreboards and it stayed open until 3am. It was a really cool place and we spent the night partying with our new buddies. There was Jeremiah the Jehovah's Witness from Ohio, Susan from Houston Texas who's half Irish and half Cherokee, Tommy who has Cork blood in him and Mary Jane who has Dutch origins.. It was a great night had by all and considering we didn't get back to camp until nearly 4am that's why there was no blog post. I have to say it's extremely difficult typing on a laptop in a moving vehicle. The roads over here aren't quite as smooth as you might think. So please forgive any spelling mistakes. It's a 4 hour drive and we should be in Graceland by the early afternoon.
I'm writing yesterdays post on the road as we had a very late night last night. I'll get to that in a minute but firstly... We started yesterday like we normally do, with an extended breakfast. We didn't go into downtown Nashville until around 12 noon. When we got in we just parked up and went walking. We were told the best places to go were 5th Avenue and Broadway so we headed over that direction. One of the first places of interest we came across was the world famous Ryman Auditorium (pictured below). It's where Johnny Cash made his debut and where he first met June 
Carter. It also played host to many other greats including Elvis Presley, James Brown, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Neil Young and Dolly Parton to name but a few. It was also the original home to the longest running radio show in the world, The Grand Ole Opry. After that we payed a visit to The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. It turned out to be really interesting and we spend a good few hours wandering around taking in all the exhibits. Some of the more interesting items on display were one of Johnny Cash's' original "man in black suits" and Elvis 
Presleys car with the crushed diamond and 24 carat gold paint job. When we were finished in the museum we went for a walk down Broadway and just took in some of the other sights Nashville has to offer. It's not a huge city by any means, I guess it would be similar in size to somewhere like Derry, although I could be wrong. When we'd done everything we wanted to do we made our way back to the RV park. We'd heard of a place not to far from the park called Cooters. It's a Dukes of Hazard themed museum owned and run by the shows on screen mechanic, Cooter Davenport himself. We decided we'd walk it and 
we went about a mile or so until we came across a nice little bar/restaurant called The Caney Fork. We went in to quench the sudden thirst that came upon us all and lets just say we never made it to Cooters!! The bar closed at 10pm but we just went around the corner and found another place called Scoreboards and it stayed open until 3am. It was a really cool place and we spent the night partying with our new buddies. There was Jeremiah the Jehovah's Witness from Ohio, Susan from Houston Texas who's half Irish and half Cherokee, Tommy who has Cork blood in him and Mary Jane who has Dutch origins.. It was a great night had by all and considering we didn't get back to camp until nearly 4am that's why there was no blog post. I have to say it's extremely difficult typing on a laptop in a moving vehicle. The roads over here aren't quite as smooth as you might think. So please forgive any spelling mistakes. It's a 4 hour drive and we should be in Graceland by the early afternoon.
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