Chihuly's show at CheekWood....

......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.

3 weeks into our annual Fall Trip

Well, I'm so far behind on our blog BUT I'm going to post anyway....without trying to go back to

April when we left Mexico. I keep telling myself I'll fill it all in from April up to the present....we'll see! So for now:

We're in Nashville Tn & will probably be here for 4 or 5 nights.

1st nte a Passport America camp http://www.nashvillecountryrvpark.com/home.cfm

@$20 (incl tax) Sun-Wed but then they go up to a Good Sam rate Thurs-Sat. which is almost the same as the KOA downtown-ish. $34.95 per nite , including taxes, for our size rig. We only need 30 amps. The larger rigs that need 50 amp & big slide-outs DO cost more.

After getting set up in the PA camp we disconnected & took the car downtown to checkout the KOA & we will be moving tomorrow, downtown & eliminate the 16 mile round trip from the PA camp.

BOTH camps are truly beautiful with cable TV & great Internet.

Don't know exactly what we'll be doing in Nashville. There is a Dale Chihuly display http://www.chihulyinnashville.com/ as well as an Impressionist exhibit directly from Musee D'Orsay , Paris. http://www.atthefrist.com/impressionism/ We've been there & always love seeing the Impressionists. We'll know more tomorrow. It just started Oct 15th so it may be difficult to get tickets.

We might even take in some "country" in this Music City. THAT'S usually why people come to Nashville, isn't it?

Whoopie! I just decided to look up the website for the Nashville KOA camp & they have a "HOT DEAL"....if u stay 3 nights u get the 4th free. I guess that helps up make up our minds. 1 nte PA camp & 4 ntes KOA. Now we have LOTS of time to figure out what we want to do ....or not do....sometimes we need to just do nothing & regroup.

Ok, I'm out of here now.

OOPs....not yet...I just found NashTrash tours...has really good reviews & we're considering it if timing works out: http://www.nashtrash.com/ What a hoot!

Ah! the MidWest Autumn Color

We spent only 5 nights in Coldwater, Michigan @ the Waffle Farm Campground. The Fall color was at it’s peak and as beautiful &
awe-inspiring as anything could possibly be; and when the wind whipped up........
well, it’s one of my favorite things in life,
“raining leaves”. Autumn leaves!


“Family” is the main reason we come to Coldwater annually. My mom & sister both live in Coldwater & we do not come here more often because it's a long drive to do more than once a year . I have chosen to no longer fly. Never thought I'd say that having been with Pan Am for 25 years! Oh well, such is life. Things change.

This year my sister was in a medical care facility nursing an operation that rebuilt her broken leg. We were so happy to see her doing extremely well but no one knew how long she would need to remain there. My mom had recently gone through some surgery too so we didn’t feel it was in anyone’s best interest for us to stay longer.

Next stop Nashville.

Back in Branson, Missouri

We're in Branson Missouri now & will be here for 6 nights....seeing some musical stage shows. There's a new one
called The Legend of Kung Fu
http://www.kungfubranson.com/ (the website has some videos under the Gallery tab) I'll let u know if it is as good as they say.....it looks very good to me & we have front row seats....anxious. I think our tickets aren't until Monday, though. Pretty full schedule. There's another one that seems an especially good one http://www.kirbyvanburch.com/
Magic...animals, white tiger etc. There are videos of this to under the tab "The Show"