Road Trip 2010: Part Four

Day Two in Nashville, We headed out to the Gaylord Opryland Hotel and Resort. Home of a 9 acre indoor botanical garden, 13 foot waterfall and canal boat tour. We also, read books at Barnes and Noble, saw an aquarium restaurant that had sharks and stingrays swimming through the wall size aquariums, and ate at the rainforest cafe.

Road trip 2010: Part Three

We spent our first day in Nashville at the Country Music Hall of Fame. The girls threw pennies in the fountain, watched some of the first footage of live music, danced and colored pictures of cowboy attire. We saw Elvis' car which was plated in gold every way possible. It's final layer of paint included crushed diamond, 24 karat gold, and fish scales. It also had a television and a 6 disc record player in the back. We also saw his gold plated grand piano there. While there, we also went on a tour of Studio B, where Elvis and many others recorded their songs. Brad sat at the piano where Elvis played, and I posed for a picture with Beckham next to the spot on the wall where Dolly Parton ran her car into the building. In the afternoon, we ate BBQ at Jack's, found the girls pink cowgirl boots, and saw some of the touristy sights in downtown Nashville.

Road trip 2010: Part Two

After a day and a half in D.C., we headed off to Nashville, a 10+ hour drive, which turned out to be surprisingly easy. In fact, all of the driving turned out to be surprisingly easy. We got our little routine down and it went smoothly. I can truthfully say the girls didn't complain even one single time, and Beckham never got sick of his car seat. . . He just ate, looked around, slept, ate, slept, looked around, ate, etc. Our time in the car proved to be great family time, and actually one of the highlights of our trip. If anyone is planning a road trip with little kids, I would be happy to pass along some of our ideas.