Blogs from Nashville, Tennessee, United States, North America

A long day of driving for David, but he does such an amazing job, even in the anxiety-raising 3-dimensional spaghetti junctions. We headed out from the hotel by 8 and crossed the crazy long bridge across Lake Pontchartrain (which averages 14’ in depth) – the longest bridge continuously over water (unlike the Florida Keys which are water and island mixes). And guess where we went? Back to try to find the XXX red cockaded woodpeckers. Still struck out on them. But at the boardwalk over the marsh the King Rail was making his loud sounds, like bull frogs really, and we used the Merlin app to call back to him. He actually managed to cross from one side of the boardwalk to the other TWICE without our seeing him. Then I caught a glimpse but David ... read more

Memphis TN – Nashville TN Nashville RV Resort and Cabins Days 31 - 33 Nashville is another stop on our RV tour that we visited on our Great Loop trip. This time we stayed about 20 minutes from Downtown Nashville, and only came into town once. The drive to Nashville was almost uneventful, until a truck pulling a horse trailer, cut in front of us kicking up a lot of stones. As soon as I felt the first stone I hit the brakes as hard as I dared. Unfortunately for our windshield I did not react quickly enough, we ended up with a dime size chip in the windshield. Both Angel and I were a little upset, but very hopeful that the chip could be repaired. Windshields for RV’s are very expensive. Once we got to ... read more

Nashville was named after American Revolutionary war hero Francis Nash. Our tour started along Printer’s Alley. At the beginning of the 20th century, Printer’s Alley was home to a thriving publishing industry. The area was home to two large newspapers, ten print shops, and thirteen publishers. During Prohibition print shops ran a collection of bars that became the city’s not-so-secret secret bar scene. We then moved to the part of Printers Alley District known in the late nineteenth century as the Men’s Quarter, named as a result of the many gambling parlors and saloons located there. Any women who valued their reputation would not dare venture into this part of Printer’s Alley. We heard about The Maxwell House Hotel (where Maxwell Coffee got it’s name) and the separate entrance that was established for ladies to enter ... read more

OLD HICKORY Andy, By God, Jackson was our fine country’s seventh President. He was a war hero too by virtue of defeating the Creeks at Horseshoe Bend and stealing their land and then by defeating the pesky Redcoats at the Battle of New Orleans. That battle was fought after the Redcoats had already surrendered. The pirate, Jean Lafitte, commanded the artillery for us during that battle. He made every shot count because the Redcoats would have hung him for piracy if they could have. By the time he was President, Old Hickory, as he had come to be fondly known, had a thriving cotton plantation called the Hermitage outside of Nashville. He owned several hundred industrious slaves that he seldom had flogged if they didn’t run off or get lazy. If they did he was fond ... read more

Hello Again Everyone We spent 2 nights 1 day in Nashville Tennesee. Nashville is full of beautiful Magnolia bushes it was a delight to See. We hopped on a on and off Trolley(bus) as we know it,and saw the city it was great. Seeing where all the famous musicians recorded their albums. Spent time in the morning talking to some lovely Americans and swapped stories of our country. Tommorrow we go to The Ark in Kentucky. Speak to you soon KS... read more