Ed's Travelogue: Nashville, Tennessee Ryman Auditorium (Grand Olde Opry), Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, and a Grand Banjo Pickin' Time April 1978

Last installment for the Nashville, TN leg of our journey. Enjoy! Opa Fritz

Okay, in all fairness we saw the Capitol building yes - but only from the outside. One of those drive by and ooh-and-ahh kind of things...

...on the other hand we did take the Ryman Auditorium tour. Ryman Auditorium was the former home of the Grand Ole Opry. The funnest part - also the campiest - was the tour group standing on the stage and having to sing "You are my sunshine, my only sunshine..." hahahahahaha

Another drive by opportunity. We saw it, but didn't go in it

This was a cool place to visit - The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum

Again, with SX-70 film rationing I only took pics of Elvis Presley's Cadillac :-)

 Soooo, we were ready to call it a day and head out of Nashville. We found this little restaurant cum antique store and man-oh-man was it fun! As we sat and ate our food there were two (three??) - I don't remember now but believe it was actually three young boys playing guitar and banjo. I estimate they were perhaps 13-16 years old and WOW! could those young guys play! I loved every second of it!

Ed's Travelogue: Nashville Tennessee Centennial Park and The Parthenon April 1978

This trip had wonderful surprises around every corner. It seemed that no matter where we turned there was just something awesome to see or hear. After completing our whirlwind tour of Lookout Mountain in Chattanooga, we headed to Nashville. WOW - uber cool! I'll let the pics speak for themselves. Enjoy! opa Fritz

Apparently I couldn't back up enough to get a complete view of the locomotive...  :-(

...but I was able to get this Super Sabre

I would never have guessed something like this was in Nashville. Remember, this was pre-Internet days and travelling meant a lot of surprises - no on-line searches to see what attractions were available. You stop somewhere, get a guide book maybe or see some postcards and tell yourself, "Let's see what that's all about."