#8 Nashville

August 30th We started the day with a taxi to the Visitors center then did the "Hop on/off Trolley" tour. Well worth the price of admission to see the whole city and get more history than we could on our own.

Nope you are not in Greece! This replica of the Parthenon was built for the 100th anniversary of Statehood of Tennessee.  I missed the reason "why" it was built!

Architecturally unique train station built in the early 1900's

This is the 'marina' downtown Nashville. Glad we opted for the Rock Harbor Marina outside town.  Not secure and wakes of passing tows and boats cause excessive movement.

Never saw anything like this!  Here is a Bachelorette party having a ball! Oh yes, they are drinking! I don't think they are really pedalling to move the thing.  There were several of these running around the town. Also, many other Bachlorette parties strolling around town. Each group had some identity. Hats, shirts, scarves, or T-shirts.

of the three Honky Tonks we visited, this fellow was the best. We were there in afternoon, and chose this place since it was less crowded.  Really, most of the places are kind of dumpy!  That's what Bill thought, I suggested that at night when there is standing room only in these establishments -- nobody notices!

Corner of Broadway and 5th. A vision of contrast. Broadway is preserved as the Honky Tonk Avenue. All around there are sleek modern buildings 

ALL my heros!

The Grand Ole Opry! What a great show! This is just before the doors opened to let the throngs in front of us get in to their seats.  In fact, it was a sell-out and Bill and I had to buy single seats  apart.  In the same section anyway. It was a great day!

Torrential rains hit Nashville area while we were in the show. So much so that flash flood warnings were issued before the show was over! Fortunately, it subsided to sprinkles while we traveled back to the boat. During the night it rained heavily again.  This means the River will be running strong and that in itself is not so bad, but the inlets that we may want to anchor in will be much worse and possibly lots of flotsam. So we are hanging out here today and spend a little time with some other Loopers here at the Marina.We will get a lot of information from them also.
Our plan is to head back down the Cumberland to the Barkley Cut that connects the Cumberland River to the Tennessee River. And then -- explore some more!