Today we pulled out from Dunlap on our way to Nashville. It was a very difficult thing to do because we had an amazing time at the kids place...
Before we left, I took the butt plate off of Ammon's Henry Rifle and I placed a message there to remind him how and when he got it from Grandpa (I forgot to do it last year)...
Then I did the same for the Henry Rifle that I gave Kaleb this year...
Everyone sat on "Picture Rock" as we drove past them on the way down the driveway (Brandyn was at work). The boys and Deb were trying to be brave...
On the way to Nashville, we stopped in Franklin, TN to view some of the Civil War historical sites...
This is a pyramid of cannon balls.
This is one of the key sights in the Battle of Franklin, which occurred here on the evening of 30 November in 1864...
It is the sight of the cotton gin across the road from Carter House...
This is a house on the Carter House property that was a key site during the Battle of Franklin. This house has over 1000 bullet holes in it and are still visible today...
This is Carter House...
A short distance down the road is the Carnton Plantation, which became the makeshift hospital for the rebel troops that were cut down as they tried to break through the federal line near Carter House the night of the battle. Over 700 men were treated here and there were over 1000 casualties during the five hour battle, including four Generals...
The front of the Carnton Home...
After leaving Franklin, we drove to Nashville for the evening. We went to see the Grand Ole Opry House, but it was closed to tours because there was a sold-out concert that evening. This is the backside of the Gaylord Grand Ole Opry Hotel. We went inside the hotel to look around and it was pretty amazing... waterfalls, and rivers meander through the hotel and the atrium is like a tropical rainforest...
Next door is the Opry House...
Because it is Wednesday, there usually is no show. However, there was a special show tonight, but it was sold out...
So, we went across the street to Cooters... It is a Dukes of Hazzard museum... I got my photo taken with Daisy Duke in front of the General Lee...
This is Daisy's pink Jeep, Dixie...
Sheriff Bos Hogg's patrol car...
For the life of me, I cannot remember what it was that compelled us to watch this silly show... my memory is getting "kinda short"...
Next door was the Nashville Palace... Many Opry stats got noticed here while playing on this stage before they became Opry stars...
We had a good dinner here...
On the way out, we noticed that thousands of patrons had signed the walls. We decided to do the same and I placed our name and date on the upper left corner of the ticket window frame...
As I was doing so, it dawned on me that this was the anniversary of the night I proposed to Deb in 1973!
Tomorrow we will head to Frank and Kathy's.
Tomorrow we will head to Frank and Kathy's.
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