Nashville, Tennessee
December 6th, 2008 by AndyMade it to Toledo last night, holed up in a really crappy (but at least bedbug free) Comfort Inn for the night, and hit the road early this morning. The weather was horrible until mid afternoon, and we must have seen a crash every 10-15 minutes. The highlight would definately be seeing a car on its roof teetering on a guardrail over Lake St. Clair. Things brightened up midway through Kentucky though, and the terrain was just gorgeous - rolling hills covered in a mix of forest and scrubland, with the odd farmhouse and fields scattered throughout. Got stuck in a ditch getting out of a gas station parking lot, but local Kentuckians are a friendly bunch, and we were out in no time. Back on the road, Pavel knew some folks in Clarksville, TN (through StarCraft back in the day, of all things) and we stopped in for a huge feast. Southern Hospitality is alive and well my friends.
We’re now residing in a way above our pay grade hotel in Nashville for a couple days to see what life is like down here. Gonna catch some live music tonight methinks, and we’ve got tickets for the Tennessee Titans game tomorrow. Thats right bitches - we get to see the best team in the NFL play at home. Also in store is a visit to a rather large and well established creationism museum here. Mocking comments to come….
December 7th, 2008 at 2:42 pm
Swing by MO on your way back up north.
December 7th, 2008 at 7:00 pm
Hey, y’all!
Damn! I am too late. I was going to tell you to forget about Tennessee whiskey and pick up some Maker’s Mark, fine Kentucky Bourbon. It’s the best sippin’ whiskey in the world, bar none. If you’re passin’ thru Kentucky on the way back, you really should pick some up, and if an extra bottle needs a home back here in Soviet Canuckistan, well, I’ll put aside my politics for the time being . . .
December 8th, 2008 at 9:39 am
Funny how the geography we’re seeing is so radically different, but it’s all gorgeous to us boring Torontonians.
And the city of Nashville deserves its own category? Not just Tennessee?
(new post coming, when I can find internet that’s quick enough to post some photos)
December 8th, 2008 at 9:46 am
We did pick up a bunch of Kentucky bourbon, but no Maker’s Mark, and none of it is really left now anyway… We’re swinging through Kentucky on the way back home though, and I’ll try to pick up a bottle to bring across the border. Allison - we were actually thinking of coming out to visit you on the way, but I think we may have to skip it because Adam’s whining about having to be back at work when he said he would be… We’ll see what we can do though, and if not, I’ll see you in Toronto over Christmas, no?
May 6th, 2009 at 9:06 pm
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