Nashville

We had so much fun on our trip to Nashville last week. The weather was awesome (to us anyway), it was cool and overcast and it rained a couple days that we were there. It was actually nice to be able to enjoy some fall weather in the fall. And it really sucked when we were landing in Phoenix and they told us it was 85 degrees out at 5:30 PM. The first night we were there we stayed at the Opryland Hotel. It was the coolest hotel I have ever stayed in (you should google it and check out more pictures). It was huge and they had I think five different atrium's that all had different themes. Our room was of the Cascades which had a waterfall and a pond. Here is the view from our room:




It was so pretty, all the stringy looking things that are hanging down are Christmas lights. It looked awesome at night. All the atrium's had shops and restaurants in them, and we sat on the patio of one for dinner and enjoyed all the views. The great thing about this place is you don't have to be a guest to enjoy it, anyone can go in and walk around. I wish I had taken more pictures of it but I only have this one.



We didn't go, but here is the Grand Ole Opry. We walked by it on the way to the mall.

Unfortunately I took almost no pictures while we were in Nashville, except at President Andrew Jackson's house The Hermitage. It was so pretty there with all the leaves changing colors.

See pretty trees.



More pretty trees. Why can't we have a real fall in Arizona? Why must we wait till January to see the leaves change color and fall just in time to re bloom on the tree in February for "spring".

Anyway here is the front of the house. Sorry this is the best I could get with all the trees in front. But so pretty, I want to live in this house. Except for the fact that the kitchen is not connected to the house. Oh wait, who am I kidding, I don't cook enough for that to matter much.

Back of the house. The front looks the same only it is painted white.


Joe walking to look in the slave cabins. The nice look on his face is due to the lady walking in front of him who kept farting with every step she took. He was pretty disgusted but I think it was a little payback to him, lol.




Andrew Jackson and his wife's tomb. I was really surprised at how close you could get to it.



His grave.

We loved it here, it was really open and the tour of the house wasn't long and boring like they usually are. I was really surprised at how open the whole site was and how close you can get to things there. We probably spent close to three hours there just wandering around the grounds and the museum.

Later in the week we went to Dollywood. I have wanted to go for awhile because it is fun to experience different theme parks. Joe on the other hand thought it was going to be lame and cheesy. Well I am glad we went. There wasn't a whole lot of rides but the few roller coasters they had kicked our asses. I was seriously expecting roller coasters like they have at Disneyland. You know fun but not exactly thrilling. I was so wrong:

The Tennessee Tornado went like 4G's. It was crazy, I loved it. It was even scarier at night, you seriously couldn't see anything in front of you.

I don't know who these people are, just some random pictures from the website. The Thunderhead was a wooden coaster and I about died on it. I totally screamed so loud and didn't even mean to. It just came out. My poor throat hurt so bad the next day. And Joe wouldn't stop making fun of me for it. But its all good because he had to lay down on a bench after it for like 10 minutes because he felt like he was going to puke. Haha.

The Mystery Mine was insane. Like twice it took you straight up and dropped you straight down. The crazy thing about it is from the outside the ride doesn't look that bad. All the scary stuff is hidden inside.

I would love to go back someday. Poor Joe thought he had food poisoning from some nasty English Pub he made me eat at for lunch that day, so he didn't really enjoy the rides much.

We also went to Dixie Stampede (which is part of Dollywood) the night before. It is a horse show and dinner, kind of like Medieval Times. The show was pretty cool, the food and the crowd was a little interesting.

We didn't really do much else except relax and sleep in every day. We spent some time in the evenings with Joe's Aunt and Uncle which was fun. Anyway this post is long enough and if you are still reading you rock!!!

If you want to see what Jonah did while we were gone check out my mother in laws blog, www.agreatdayatgrandmas.blogspot.com.