......was truly wonderful. the Cheekwood Gardens on the rolling hillsides of a Nashvillle SUPERB. It was more beautiful than I had imagined.
The weather was perfect for walking in the fall.
It takes a whole team to make the huge Chihuly glass pieces. Beautifully unique is all I can think of to describe this art. If you've seen the lobby of the Bellagio Casino Hotel in Las Vegas. The huge glass flowers in the ceiling are his work. This garden exhibit, however, was totally different.
This link http://www.chihulyinnashville.com/plan.html will give you an idea.
We were lucky to have decided to go on a weekday instead of the weekend, also showing up about 3:30pm was s a VERY good decision. There was no line at all to get our $12 senior tickets. (non-senior $15)
After walking through the exhibits throughout the gardens & watching a 45 minute video about Chihuly and his team of glass workers we left just about 1/2 hr after the sun set. Maybe 7pm.
Driving out of the parking lot we were shocked to see car lights lined up waiting to enter the park...lined up as far as we could see in two directions....bumper to bumper.
All I can say is that if we had been in that line I would have freaked & said "Get me out of here!!"
I simply would have missed the exhibit. No second thoughts. Just...bye bye & Hasta la vista, baby!!!!
Today we took a 3 1/2 hr Greyline "Nashville Orientation" Tour. A bit pricy @ $92 for two (forgot my coupons...drat) but worth it. As the tour van drove around I had out my iPhone GPS so I could follow along where we were in relationship to our KOA camp so that when we return to places on our own I'll know where we are.
I did not expect to enjoy the Country Music Hall of Fame Museum & we wouldn't have probably gone on our own simply because....well , we like "country" but don't follow it much. Also, in my advance planning I read some reviews. People either LOVED it or didn't cared much for it. Bottom line, we liked it a lot! It's a very modern museum with all kinds of hi-tech things. Glad we went. So much that after the tour we went right over to the Grand Ole Opry & bought show tickets for both tonight, Friday & tomorrow night too. Tonight we have 3rd row center $55 each...I don't recognize any of the names but tomorrow night there is a name I recognize, Randy Travis. On both nights there are lots of performers & we're looking forward to both shows. I guess we'll either have our fill of country music for a long time or be hooked-on-country... Hey, that sounds like a good title for a country song...eh, uh oh.
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