Spring 2018 Southern Trip: Nashville

Sunday 4/22:  311 miles and parked at Town Creek Campground, West Point, MS

We woke up in New Orleans to rain, and it rained all day, sometimes really hard and heavy.  We arrived at Town Creek about 3:00 and set up in the pouring rain.  We just ran slides out, didn't unhook or even put jacks down.  This is a very nice park.  It has paved roads and level cement pads.   Since it so rural and out of season, and almost nobody here, we scored a walk-in water site along the Tenn-Tom Waterway.  We even got to see several barges pass by.

Tenn-Tom Waterway

Tenn-Tom Waterway

A very cool homemade custom RV

Monday 4/23:  293 miles and parked at the Nashville KOA

By morning the rain had stopped at Town Creek Campground, but it was still very overcast.  We had scattered off and on sprinkles throughout the drive.  As we set up in Nashville, it decided to pour.  Next time, we would opt for one of the premium sites with pavement.  The TV weather report this evening said they got over 2.5 inches of rain today.  The Nashville KOA is a very large park, and it was nearly full.  This was our second stay here.  For the rest of the day, we napped and watched TV.


Tuesday 4/24:

We did a load of laundry this morning, and so was everybody else.  There was only one washer available, so we only did half of the dirty clothes.  For lunch we found a craft brewery, Southern Grist.  The bar tender was very animated and conversational.  She is hiking the Pacific Crest Trail later this year. Very adventurous and very cool.  After lunch, we did a quick grocery shopping run at Walmart.

Several months ago we bought tickets online for The Grand Ole Opry.  About 4:30 we drove to Opry  and got there just in time to find decent parking.  We grabbed a snack at Claim Jumper, a bar/restaurant across the street from the Opry complex.  The Opry doors opened at 6:00. We got seated about 6:30 and the show started at 7:00.  Wow, this a beautiful facility.  We experienced a great show featuring Chris Young, Lyndsay Ell, Drake White, plus some older legends.  The Opry has a long and storied history and we saw a great performance in a very cool place.  Absolutely worth the outrageous ticket prices.  :-)  We got back to the camper by 9:00.  Evening drink, and bedtime.

Like all extended trips, plans sometimes change.  In this case, I received a call that my 97 year old dad, who lives in a nursing home, had suffered brain bleeding and had been moved to a hospital for treatment.  So, we are condensing the final week of our trip, cancelling our West Virginia stop, and making a rushed three day run home.

Tomorrow we camp in Fort Boonesborough, Kentucky.