Tennessee Capitol Building
Mansker Station wood turner
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There are two ways to drive north through Nashville, the east way or the west way, we took the wrong way. What looked like the easiest way turned out to be the very long way, just as we got to the Cumberland River Bridge we were about 40 cars behind the accident that blocked the entire freeway. Then the rubbernecks on the other side of the freeway decided to have one of their own and block all but one lane on that side of the bridge. Six Police cars, 3 Rescue Squads, 3 Fire trucks including a hook and ladder, 2 EMS units, a Helicopter and one hour later we managed to get one lane open and we were back on our way. Best of all we were only 10 minutes away from our exit for the RV Park.
Cathy got to spend 2 full 8-hour days in the State Archives and I just wandered around downtown Nashville trying to avoid all the construction. Most of the monuments and memorial stuff was total blocked off to the public because they were putting in new sidewalks.
We stopped by Mansker Station, which was the first establish fort in Tennessee, they had a few re-enactors there to show you around the fort and plantation house. The house is the oldest brick building in Tennessee. The fort is an exact 1/3 model of the original.
Since we both love Country Western Music so much we avoided the Grand Ole Opry. No such luck we just found out that the RV Park is hosting a big Holiday weekend Hoe Down tonight right across from our site. (Hoe Down in Detroit means one of your Bi**hes just got shot).
The biggest thing this week is we got a new little grill (we haven’t had one for over 2 years) so we’re BBQing all our meals.
Leaving for Louisville in the Morning (Sunday) hopefully the traffic won’t be as bad as Nashville and we’ll get out and do a little more exploring.
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