Sarahphil

It has been a crazy few days! Being without internet since we were in Kansas has been painful! But we are happy to update the blog briefly now. We drove from Lawrence, KS to Colorado Springs where we visited the Focus on the Family world headquarters and enjoyed some smoothies at Whit's End! We bought a few books at the bookstore and then headed off to the hotel. Before dinner we drove 10 minutes south to Garden of the Gods and were amazed at the beautiful rock formations; it was overcast so we could not really see the mountains that evening. When we woke up the next morning there was a dazzling view of the Rocky Mountains including Pikes Peak. We stopped by Garden of the Gods again and took more pictures and then started our ... read more

We are sitting at a Days Inn near Clarksville, TN thinking about the first day of our journey together. We had safe travels and made good time deciding not to stop for lunch in Knoxville, but rather to drive straight on to Nashville so as to be able to spend more time touring there. We parked in some public lots and walked around the entire town center seeing: The Country Music Hall of Fame, the Nashville Visitor Center, the Tennessee State Capitol, the Ryman Auditorium (The Birthplace of Bluegrass), and Nashville's broadway which featured live country singers inside every restaurant along the strip! We then both ate burgers at the Hard Rock Cafe downtown right across the Cumberland river from LP Field, the home of the Tennessee Titans! After driving toward the west end of town, ... read more