Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Road Trip 2009 - Day 3 - Mile 1130 - Nashville, Pigeon River

Another busy day. One of our goals today was to walk around the downtown area of Nashville. We did this this morning and left for Knoxville about 1:00 p.m. We actually passed through Knoxville and about 10 miles east we turned south towards Pigeon River. We had supper at a great restaurant, The Applewood Farmhouse Restaurant and settled in at the Pigeon River Inn. Since the kids have already started back to school, the motels have slashed prices so tonight we are staying for $39. This includes the basics, nice room, free wifi, breakfast in the morning.

Tomorrow we are going through Gatlinsburg and onto Great Smoky Mountain National Park. We are not sure what else we might do but we do expect to be heading towards Memphis sometime tomorrow.

This was the second Opry House that was replaced in 1974. As we said in an earlier post, this is still active venue for entertainment.





One of the street corners on Broadway, a happening street in downtown Nashville. It would be much more fun if we came here at night.



Also on Broadway with Sue by one of her all time favorites, Elvis. BTW this is "Dead Elvis Week" in Memphis.



This is at the end of Broadway, on the River




Just to the left of the previous picture. This is the stadium where the Tennessee Titans play. Today I wore a Minnesota shirt and several times was stopped to talk about Bret Farve. Everyone was excited that he was going to continue to play football, even the couple from Wisconsin.



The Applewood Farmhouse Restaurant. At the visitor centor when we talked about finding a place to eat, she basically said the best place she would go is this place. She was right. It is part of an actual apple orchard and farm. We ate in what was the original farmhouse. The food was great and the portions huge. I think we would come back just for this.








Here's a picture of the Pigeon River from the balcony of our $39 room.



Not sure what all we will have to blog about tomorrow, but we're sure we will have more pictures and experiences.


























1 comment:

Grandpa Jerome said...

You should have some great pictures of the Great Smoky Mountains. They are beautiful, we travel through there with the kids 20 years ago, but it was raining and we didn't take any pictures that I remember.