Trip Into Nashville

Not much to report from today. It seemed to take us forever to get ready this morning. We still don’t have water in the RV, so we had to take showers in the park’s bath house. The bath house is nice and clean, but it’s not as nice as being able to use your own shower.

The kids enjoyed riding their bikes around the campsite. I’m glad we decided to bring their bikes. I can already tell that they are going to get a lot of use out of them.

We drove into Nashville to shop at the Camping World store. It was the first one we had been in and we were surprised that it wasn’t bigger. We bought a hose (for drinking water) and an ax. There was plenty of other stuff there that we wanted, but all in due time.

For lunch, we went to a place called Caney Fork Fish Camp right across from the Opryland Hotel. It’s a pretty cool place that is decorated to look like a rustic, Southern fish camp complete with a catfish pond right in the restaurant. The food was really good. I’d definitely recommend this place.

Kim did three loads of laundry this afternoon. We were without a washer and dryer for about two weeks before we left home, so the dirty clothes have been piling up. A few loads each day and we’ll soon be back at full force in the clean clothes department.

We drove into Murfreesboro tonight with the intention of catching up on emails. We just had to find a place that offered wi-fi. Our first stop was Blue Coast Burrito for dinner. Another good choice. The burritos were tasty and the different salsas they offered were really good. I especially liked their white cheese queso.

After dinner, we stopped at Books-A-Million to take advantage of their wi-fi. However, wi-fi is only free if you are part of their Millionaire’s Club. Too many places offer free wi-fi, no strings attached, so we decided not to patronize Books-A-Million.

Next we stopped at Hastings, a really cool bookstore in Murfreesboro. We checked to make sure it was okay to use their wi-fi and they were more than happy to have us. Unfortunately, Kim and I couldn’t get logged on because of the ridiculous security on our laptops. I haven’t been able to get email for three days now, so I’m going to have to find a place tomorrow where I can log on (and upload all of my very important blog posts).

After the kids do their school work tomorrow, we are planning on visiting the Stones River Civil War Battlefield and Cemetery. That should be interesting. Tomorrow night we’re going to head into Nashville again to see the Christmas decorations at the Opryland Hotel. They’re supposed to be awesome.