More Nashville

Wednesday, June 18

Today was another gorgeous day mid 60 early with a high of 82, light winds, clear skies and low humidity. We again did the tourist scene. We drove across town to The Hermitage, General Andrew Jackson’s 1200 acre farm.

The House was completed in 1836 in the Greek revival style. They give a guided tour of the house and provide portable audio devices that describe what you are looking at as you walk the grounds and out buildings. It is very well done. Diana of course was most impressed with the gardens.

From The Hermitage we went to the new Gaylord Opryland complex. It is a huge hotel, convention center, theaters and a large shopping mall. We drove around it all but decide there was nothing we wanted to see enough to endure that much more walking. So we stop and had a light lunch.

On the way back to the marina we drove through downtown and along the water front. We plan to spend a night there at the city dock next week. We couldn’t find parking near the waterfront so we didn’t stop.

When we got back to the boat we had a nice visit from Kelly Sovine, the sales manager for Gibson. He lives just a mile or so from Rock Harbor. He said he was reading this blog and enjoying it.

Tomorrow we are off early to do the 40 miles of the Cumberland through Nashville and up into Old Hickory Lake. WiFi access is unknown there so there may not be another post for a few days.