So I went with him to Clarksdale! Clarksdale is Known as the birthplace of the blues and the downtown area is devoted to music. John loves music history and is a huge fan of the blues in particular so he had to go to Clarksdale. Actually, if I wanted to stay with my trailer I didn’t have a choice.

This is downtown. Except for a couple of music stores, nothing is open on Sunday.

The real reason we came. John lives to go to music museums and listen to music. I have to say, the musicians were great.

Another museum!:

A kid in a candy store:

Sometimes you just have to go with them even if it’s not what you would choose to do. But I see a shopping trip in my future in the Fashion District in NYC!

The NTP is 444 miles long from Natchez to Nashville. It’s a two lane, curvy, beautiful, historic road. It roughly follows the route of the Old Trace which was a road traveled by Indians, pioneers, traders and soldiers. We did 122 miles of it north from Biloxi in February and just did 185 miles of it south from Nashville. It is so beautiful and it was hard to pick from all the pictures I took.

We just spent five days in Nashville and had a fabulous time. If you like country music like we do, this city is a must.
After the rain:

Went to the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum. It was fabulous:

Went “honky-Tonkin” as John says. So many great musicians playing for tips only while hoping to make it big. Don’t come to Nashville to be discovered unless you have an amazing voice and/or mad guitar/fiddle/steel guitar skills:


Went to Franklin Graham’s prayer rally at the State capital. It was a fabulous time of worship by Charlie Danieks, Dennis Agaganian, and Michael W Smith and message from Franklin Graham about the importance of being informed voters and challenging Christians to get involved in local politics.

For our 41st anniversary, saw Bonnie Raitt at the historic Ryman Auditorium:

Visited the Grand Ole Opry and the Opry Hotel. The hotel is gorgeous:

Visited the Hermitage, home of Andrew Jackson. John Kiger to replace him on the $20 bill?

Asheville to Nashville was such a beautiful drive with some fun stops along the way.
Typical:

Beautiful:

127 stories down to a cavern. Walked through the rock to the largest underground waterfall in the US.

And an interesting sign. We are not in California!