Day 14---Goodbye Tour, Hello Open Road

Note:  This post is really for April 29th.  Unfortunately Pat and I were off the grid yesterday, but more about that later.

The Patti and Terry Show

 Groan, we had to have our luggage out in the hallway by 6:30 this morning, the breakfast, and on the bus by 8:00.  Six-thirty in the morning is mighty early if you are used to getting up by 7 ;-).  We did it though, and were soon bidding farewell to Paducah and on our way to Nashville.  Once we got into Nashville we had a bus tour of downtown.  Nashville considers itself "Music City" and certainly tries to live up to the designation.  In addition, Nashville is the  capitol of Tennessee and so there are a lot of government building in town, not to mention Vanderbilt University.

Naked men dancing
near Music Row

An exact reproduction of the Parthenon

In the Bicentennial Park
Tenneesee's bicentennial, that is

In the Park, looking toward the State Capitol
in the background

Grand Atrium
Opryland Hotel

After about a 90 minute tour of Nashville we headed out of town to OpryLand Hotel.  Both Pat an I thought that the Grand Ol' Opry was in downtown, which it used to be, but it is now a little NE of downtown.  We had lunch there and then got to look about the huge 14 acre hotel for a little bit.  Pretty pricey, as far as I could see.

After lunch, back on the bus for a stop at the Nashville Airport, where many got off for flights home or on to further adventures, while the bus dropped us off at the Airport Marriott to get the car.  Looking a little dusty and rained-upon, the car started immediately, so we loaded up and were off to Mammoth Caves.

Back to Kentucky again, it turned out to be only 90 miles to the Caves.  We decided to try and stay at the hotel on the National Park Grounds which is called (ta dah) Mammoth Park Hotel.  An older hotel, we got a room.  Supposedly there is Internet, not.  Supposedly it is better in the lobby, not.  Also no cell phone service...truly off the grid.  Sorry if you tried to contact us, but that's the way it is.  We were in bed by 8:30, and so good night.

Kentucky one more time