Tennessee Get Together

Coincidentally, it turned out that our daughter and son-in-law, Erinn and Sean, in their quest to golf in all 50 states, would be in the area at the same time we were.  So, we made plans to meet up with them.  First up, The Hermitage, the home of Andrew Jackson.

Meet up - in the parking lot

I'm not sure how we would have accomplished all of this without cell phones but thanks to technology, we agreed on a time, purchased tickets, found our way there coming from two different directions, picked up our tickets and we were in. 

As we walked through the grounds, we found a nice opportunity to snap a photo.

No photos allowed inside the mansion but we took a few as we toured the grounds and museum.

Waiting......

Beautiful mansion

Enjoying our time with the president and his wife

Next up - Nashville!

Although we had limited time, we packed a lot in.  Eric Church's bar is a new addition.  

We walked down to one of our favorites, Wild Horse Saloon.  Always fun to watch the people learning to line dance.  Unfortunately, it has closed for 'rebranding' as a four story honky tonk with a partnership between Opry Entertainment Group, which owns the property, and hitmaker Luke Combs.  It will be fun to come back and see the changes.

After a few other stops, we ended up at Kid Rock's Honky Tonk.

Miraculously, we (rather Sean) found a great spot on the roof top.

We had a great view, particularly as the sun went down.

Luke Bryan's Bar

We could see across the street to Chief's, Eric Church's new bar.  *The next morning we awoke to the news that Morgan Wallen had been arrested on three felony charges after allegedly throwing a chair off the roof of the bar.  If we'd stayed a little longer, we might have had a birds-eye view of the incident.

Even the Batman Building posed for a picture.

A couple of days later, we met up with them to tour the Jack Daniel's Distillery in Lynchburg.

We arrived first and waited patiently for them to arrive.

And here they were!

It was a rainy day so we were happy to be able to wait for our tour in the lobby.

Photo of Jack Daniel, age 33, taken in Nashville circa 1883.

A fun group photo - can you spot Jack?

He's the dapper guy with the white hat in the middle row

We had a great tour guide.

Jon T

Of course, the highlight of the tour is the tasting at the end and by this time we were parched.  Haha.

A short walk to town to have some, of course, lunch......

Ron seems to typically be the photographer

.......and shopping.

And with that, they were on their way to Alabama to check off their next state.  Thanks for the visit, Erinn and Sean!