Nashville, Tennessee

Our first "real" family vacation.  The only person not able to attend was my sister's husband who began a new job the week prior and so could not join us.  We have so, so many photos.  It was hard to narrow them down this much to capture the most of our trip.  The weather was perfect, still warm but a small break from the excruciating heat and humidy in Missouri.  We were able to fit in a lot of sightseeing and still had enough down time to play some Yatzee and visit.  And happy early birthday, Momma!

Here are some photos to summarize our trip...

 

 

Downtown Nashville and all the honkey tonks.  We never made it to Margaritaville...

Downtown and some of the business and music side of the city...

The Ryman Auditorium (the old location for the Grand Ole Opry)...

 

 

Hard Rock Cafe (1 of 150 in 53 countries)...

 

 

Putt-putting pretty much consisted of this, surviving the heat, and almost everyone getting a...

 

Hole - in - one!

The Country Music Hall of Fame, a lot of things to see in here.  This doesn't even begin to show everything there is to see...

 

 

And the Grand Ole Opry with James Otto, Little Jimmy Dickens, Mark Wills & Loretta Lynn...

 

 

Oh, and we found over 20 states license plates on the way there and back.  Keane found the most...and the furthest.  Winner gets...a "good job baby!"  It was a great time.  We plan to return sometime; there is a lot to see and do there!