Trip Data So Far:
- Driving Time: 12:05
- Miles: 709.3
- Gallons of Gas: 22.444
- MPG Average: 31.60
- MPH Average: 58.72
The above numbers for time and average speed include all stops at gas stations, rest areas, taking pictures, etc.
We had a great visit to Mountain Lake last night. We had dinner there, which was delicious, and toured the ballroom with a nice lady named Beth. Adam took us around the grounds on a golf cart and showed us a room in the hotel and three different cabin layouts. We took pictures of it all, and once I get the photos section up and running, we will post those.
I was having some problems with editing the blog earlier due to a coding problem that was my fault. I’ve fixed the issue for now but it will merit further work at some point.
We rolled into Nashville at about 5:00 AM. We went to a gas station for our second fillup of the trip and to top off the tires (they were five PSI down in the back and two down in the front … good gas mileage here we come!). We headed downtown to find the Ryman Auditorium, which we located with the help of the Internet device (we are such nerds) and took photos. Broadway in Nashville is awesome … tons of bars, delicious smelling barbecue, neon lights everywhere … I wish I was there at 5:30 at night instead of 5:30 in the morning. Oh, and Nashville people aren’t early risers, because 5:30 was absolutely dead in town.
On to Memphis! 200 miles until we are out of Tennessee. I’m tired and I’m going back to sleep. I’m sure we’ll be stupid tourists in Memphis too so I’ll post some details about that. If anyone has any good breakfast ideas between Nashville and Memphis, give us a call!
— Kevin, 5:30 AM CST, Nashville TN