Showing posts with label Opry Mills. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Opry Mills. Show all posts

Thursday, April 15, 2010

Nashville, Tennessee


This week has been a bit different in our camper. My husband is in North Carolina undertaking a week long training session for his job. Originally we thought we’d tag along with him but the company wasn’t paying for us to go…so here we sit…at home in the camper. Well, not really. This past weekend we took off and drove to Nashville for a day of fun. We’d also planned to visit Chattanooga, but I kind of spent all my mad money during our Nashville excursion. Hmmm…bad…I know! We are still working really hard to get out of debt so a trip to the bank was really not the direction I wanted to take. So, the kids and I made a tough decision and cancelled out Chattanooga trip for now. I can’t say that the kids were terribly disappointed. They weren’t. After making the return trek from Ohio last week, they weren’t looking forward to spending anymore time in the car than was absolutely necessary. Besides, they’d much rather run around with Daddy than run around without him.

It’s not like we didn’t have plenty of fun in Nashville, we certainly had a great time!

Our first stop was to Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art. We were there for hours and had such a great time! We only left when my daughter’s flip flop broke, making it hard to continue walking along the trails. I’m going to save the details about this trip for my Field Trip Friday post, but let me just say that this was certainly a thumbs up for all of us! I can't wait to share the details and pictures of this amazing place with you so make sure you stop back tomorrow.

Next stop was to the Parthenon in Centennial Park. This attraction is actually closed on Sunday and Monday, which I knew before visiting but we couldn’t resist driving by and taking a peek anyway. Apparently something was going on and it was very crowded, which my kids can’t stand. So we just drove by and snapped a picture. We’ll add this to our collection of Roadside Attraction pics.

Our last stop of the day was to the Rainforest Café which you've already read about at Opry Mills. Who could resist? We had an incredibly fun day and can't wait to visit Nashville again.

Have you been to Nashville? Tell me what you liked...or didn't...

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

A Walk on the Wild Side

My husband is at a week-long training session this week in North Carolina. Originally, the kids and I thought we would tag along for some fun, but the company was paying for his way, not ours. Besides, the kids had just returned from Ohio so they weren't eager to embark on another long trek anytime soon. Instead we decided to drive to the big city of Nashville for a bit of fun.

Maybe you can guess what we did...



We saw fluttering butterflies on trees...



and slithering snakes hanging from the ceiling...



an indoor aquarium, a cascading waterfall, chest-beating gorillas,stampeding elephants...



...some yummy grub...under the night sky and an occassional raging thunder storm with flashes of lightening...



that ended with an erupting volcano!



Did you guess?
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