MORE NASHVILLE

We had tickets for The Grand Ole Opry for the Friday night late show. On Thursday we went into town to check out parking. It's something we have to scope out with a 23' long truck. Don't want a city version of the North Rim.

Looked like it was going to be expensive. We planned to spend most of Thursday and ALL of Friday - from 10am to midnight in the city. The web showed the most convenient locations started at $10.00/hr with a $25 or $40 maximum. For a minute I thought I was in Manhattan. But there was a link to "Parkwhiz".  This app allowed us to prepay and park in that same lot for $8.00 for up to 18 hours. If you're traveling even occasionally it is a wonderful app to have on your phone or computer. The instructions said, "Print your pass and put it on the dash." We didn't have a printer so I called the lot manager. A lady said, "Just write your confirmation number on a piece of paper and put it on the dash."

Downtown Nashville is very walk-able. Our first stop was the Johnny Cash Museum.  We spent about twice the time we had anticipated. It has SO much information about Johnny and the Carter family.


One of his first custom guitars.

One of Maybelle Carter's autoharps.

Johnny's Gold records and albums.

Ragged Old Flag.

This poem is featured at the museum. Click here to watch a different version of it.
We spent the better part of the day here. When we left to go to the CMA Hall of Fame and Museum a kind docent told us, "It's 3:30 and we close at 5. You can't possibly see it all in 90m minutes. Can you come back another day?" We thanked her and put it on out list for tomorrow when we'll be in town longer.

I don't know why we keep finding people like this, but it's a Blessing we see almost daily.