Friday, September 22, 2006

When in Rome................



Are we good tourists or what? I sincerely thought I would die one day, able to say that I had never been to the Grand Ole Opry. Not any more! Hell…… neither of us even knew that the Opry is a three times a week radio show that is performed in front of a live audience. That was news to us!! HOWEVER, it is slick. Of course they have been doing this show since Marconi invented the radio. They can tear down one band’s equipment and set up the next one in the time it takes to do a radio commercial. Very slick. Been there, done that, DO NOT have the “T” shirt.

The Nashville area is beautiful. We drove out to “the Hermitage”, Andrew Jackson’s plantation and, toured some of the historical towns along the “Natchez Trace Parkway”. The high end residential neighbourhoods are amazing. The owners can’t all be country and rock stars. Everywhere you go, the rolling countryside is heavily forested and dotted with country estates and horse farms. And, they’re building new ones all over the place. The country music business must be good.

Still have not got our water leak fixed. Since we keep moving, the factory cannot get the replacement parts to us or a dealer fast enough so, we are making arrangements for parts to meet us in Atlanta. I must say that I can highly recommend the service offered by motor home manufacturers and their dealers. No questions asked just…get it done. They seem to take their warranty commitments very seriously. Now we’ll have to see how they react when something major goes wrong!!!

We’re heading to the Great Smoky Mountains, south west of Knoxville. Dollywood will be nearby. WE”RE NOT GOING TO DOLLYWOOD!

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