We leave southern, Illinois and it's off to Tennessee....big plans for our visit here. We arrived shortly after noontime and wind our way down country roads to another Corp of Engineers park we were greeted at the front gate by the park rangers and their lovely southern drawl. Just love to listen to them speak. That afternoon we thought we should find the Grand Ole Opry handpick up our tickets for Saturday nights performance. What luck, we find the Opryland area....remember all the flooding back in May of 2010? Well it still has areas where things aren't back to normal....there was a mall right next to the Grand Ole Opry which still hasn't reopened....but hopefully will soon. Anyhow we could not figure out where the Opry building was so I saw a Grayline tour guide and asked him. We were right at the correct spot to go pick up tickets. We got our tickets and went to the gift shop. Still we were glad to find out how to maneuver our way around.
Friday finds us heading out to the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. We weave around the city streets and find on street parking just around the corner from the Hall. When we entered we could tell this was a BIG building and it traces country music from the 1920's on up. There is lots to see and do just there in that building. Afterwards we find the Harley shop....then it's onto the state Capitol building. We can't find any close parking so we see the Capitol building from the car. With our handy little map we find Music Row where there are lots of small recording studios. Easy city to find our way around in...the small little map we picked up at the welcome center.
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