This past Friday night, my parents and sister arrived at our house to watch the kids while we were gone. It was nice to visit with them a little before heading out of town. It was really hard to say goodbye to the kids knowing we weren't going to see them for 3 nights, and 4 days. That was the longest we have ever been away from our kids so far. So, it was a little sad to leave them behind.
Saturday morning, my dad dropped us off at the airport and we flew out at 7:00 am. We had a great day of traveling on the way to Nashville. Our flights were on-time, went smoothly, and we just brought carry-ons along, so we didn't have to worry about our luggage. We had a layover in Dallas, but by the time we got to our gate they started boarding within 10 minutes, so it was timed very nicely.
We arrived in Nashville at around 12:30 pm. We rented our car and then met up with John's aunts and uncle to eat some lunch and a BBQ place in town. After a great meal (and catching up with relatives we don't get to see very often) we checked into our hotel, The Inn at Opryland.
After we got settled, we met up with the rest of the family in the lobby and made our plans for the day. It also happened to be Mildred's 90th Birthday on Saturday, so that was pretty cool.We decided to go to the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center, which contained some large atriums with beautiful plants and flowing streams and waterfalls. It also contained some shoppes and restaurants, in which we spent some time strolling around in buying souvenirs. It was a beautiful resort to walk around and explore, we really had a good time spending some time here.
After the resort, it was time for the Grand Ole Opry. I was really looking forward to this and it did not disappoint. At first I was a little bummed because there weren't any "big" country stars booked, but everyone who played was very good and very entertaining. It was such a good show, and so much fun. I would go back to Nashville again, just for the Grand Ole Opry. Plus the history and the feeling in the building was awesome.
The show went until about 9:30pm, and then we made our way back to the hotel. After we cleaned up a little, we went to the Nashville Palace, which was the first of many honky tonk bars we went to. We ate some supper (we were starving by this point) and listened to some great live music with Johnny and Kristina. We stayed out until around 1:30 am, by that time we had been up for 22 hours and had a very busy day, so we were pretty bushed. We headed back to the hotel and called it a night.
We had an awesome, action-packed first day in Nashville. It was a great time!!!
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| Gaylord resort waterfall |
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| Beautiful stain-glassed window |
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| Glass sculpture |
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| Everyone checking out the resort |
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| Magnolia tree |
Stayed tuned for Day 2 in Nashville :)
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