This is Susan's second and my fourth time to Nashville, so we didn't go see the usual Grand Old Opry sites. Instead, we started the day with a visit to
The Hermitage, home of President Andrew Jackson. We took a walking tour of the house and grounds plus a horse-drawn carriage tour of the back of the property where the crops grew, the water well still flows and the old slave quarters used to be. The house still has its original wallpaper and furnishings.
From there, we went to visit the
Lane Motor Museum, without a doubt one of the most unique car collections we have ever seen. We found out about the museum from a friend's email about an old unusual car called a Helicron that is half car and half airplane (e.g. propellor powered) just one day before we went to Nashville. We just had
to see it but, unfortunately, the Helicron was out on tour when we were there. But the other cars in the collection were so unusual and interesting that only seeing a model of the Helicron wasn't a real disappointment. If you ever get to Nashville, check this place out!
After dinner, we went to the Fort Negley Visitors Center where I got to play in an old-time music jam with the
Nashville Old-Time String Band Association. I was surprised to see an old friend, Ed Gregory, that I had met at NashCamp several years ago. We played music for several hours and had a great time. Oh how I miss playing old-time...
This is Susan's second and my fourth time to Nashville, so we didn't go see the usual Grand Old Opry sites. Instead, we started the day with a visit to The Hermitage, home of President Andrew Jackson. We took a walking tour of the house and grounds plus a horse-drawn carriage tour of the back of the property where the crops grew, the water well still flows and the old slave quarters used to be. The house still has its original wallpaper and furnishings.
From there, we went to visit the Lane Motor Museum, without a doubt one of the most unique car collections we have ever seen. We found out about the museum from a friend's email about an old unusual car called a Helicron that is half car and half airplane (e.g. propellor powered) just one day before we went to Nashville. We just had
to see it but, unfortunately, the Helicron was out on tour when we were there. But the other cars in the collection were so unusual and interesting that only seeing a model of the Helicron wasn't a real disappointment. If you ever get to Nashville, check this place out!
After dinner, we went to the Fort Negley Visitors Center where I got to play in an old-time music jam with the Nashville Old-Time String Band Association. I was surprised to see an old friend, Ed Gregory, that I had met at NashCamp several years ago. We played music for several hours and had a great time. Oh how I miss playing old-time...
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