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Monday, November 12, 2012

Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum

Not truly being country fans but occasionally we will enjoy a Carrie Underwood song, checking out the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum seemed to be the think to do while in Nashville. What better time to do but on a miserable rainy cool day. So we decided to drive into Nashville since the shuttle had already left and besides it can't be that bad. Parking was $10 and the Museum was right across the road. Bonus!!!!!!!!

Country Music Hall of Fame & Museum

The Hall of Fame had a special exhibit about the iconic Patsy Cline. Patsy Cline was born Virginia Patterson Hensley on September 8, 1932. She became a country music singer but later successfully crossed over to pop music. Her hits began in 1957 and included Walkin' After Midnight, I Fall to Pieces, She's Got You, Crazy, and Sweet Dreams. Tragically on March 5, 1963 near Camden, Tennessee Patsy Cline's life came to an end the result of a plane crash.

Country Music Hall of Fame Members

Did you know...

Roy Roger is the only person inducted two times into the Hall of Fame. The first was with the Original Sons of the Pioneers, the second was as a solo artist.

Tammy Wynette worked as a beautician beore moving to Nashville in 1966, and she kept her licence current just in case her records stopped selling.

Charley Pride was a professional baseball pitcher in the Negro american League and later tried out for the California Angels.

After two and a half hours of walking and getting an inside look at country music I'm a fan. The Hall of Fame Museum stores rooms and rooms of musical artifacts unable to display due to space constraints. Consequently they are adding additional floors to the top of the building.

Part two of our day included a guided tour of Historic RCA Studio B. Built in 1956 by Dan Maddox, it was constructed at the request of Chet Atkins and Steve Sholes to facilitate RCA Victor Records.

Historic RCA Studio B is one of the world's most important and successful recording studios. More than 35,000 songs were brought to life by the Studio B magic, including more than 1,000 American hits, 40 million-selling singles, and over 200 Elvis Presley recordings.

Sunday, November 11, 2012

Country Music and Boots

Being a travel day and not going very far down the road we decided to get a later start. However, the sun was shining, the birds were chirping, and the coffee was brewing. Got to love technology. I set the coffee maker the night before thinking we were going to get up at the usual time. So much for sleeping in. I got up took my coffee outside and listened to those birds chirping. Isn't life wonderful. Retirement is definitely agreeing with me. It doesn't take as long to hookup the rig compared to the motorhome and car. Soon we were on the road. Bye-bye Cave City we had a blast hello Nashville.

Site # 211

After we got set up we needed to go to WalMart for some much needed grocery shopping. I got the directions from the very helpful staff at the park. They had maps and directions for everything you could think of and more. The convenience of having a Camping World next door to the campground was perfect. I needed a couple of things for the rig so we walked over after lunch. After Camping World we trekked back to the rig so I could plan out our next 5 days. Stay tuned it's going to be exciting.

Two Rivers Campground

Two Rivers is a Good Sams Campground located on Music Valley Drive, 2 miles north of Opryland and a very short distance to the shopping emporium Opry Mills. The campground has full service but very few 50 amp sites. Parking the rig was easy all sites are angled for easy in/out. The interior roads need a little work and site need some grooming. The staff were friendly enough and willing to help with any reservation you might have for shows etc. Camping World is next door for your shopping convenience. Downtown Nashville is about a half hour drive away and if don't want to drive their is a shuttle for $10 roundtrip.

Two Rivers Campground

A Mammoth Place

Under Mammoth Cave National Park lies the most extensive cave system in the world. Now over 365 miles of explored passageways exist meaning Mammoth Cave is twice as big as any other known cave. Archeological evidence indicates that prehistoric people explored approximately 10 miles of the cave over 4000 years ago. Mammoth Cave became a national park in 1926 and a World Heritage Site in 1981.

Mammoth Cave National Park

Mammoth Cave System

Rainfall travels underground resulting in a continous sculpting of Mammoth Cave. Animals and plants living in the cave system depend on the quality and quantity of this water. Pollutants from human activities above threaten this water supply below.

Deer standing on roadside

Mammoth Cave National Park Green River Ferry

Ferry cable system

Are we there yet? Once loaded it takes approimately 1 minute to cross

Green River

Unfortunately I was unable to take one of the tours through Mammoth Cave. Definitely on my bucket list. What a beautiful park.

Saturday, November 10, 2012

Discovering Cub Run Cave

I must admit I was a little disappointed with the previous cave we explored. So, I needed another cave fix. Susan had enough cave exploring so I ventured out on my own but first which cave needed explorin'. I decided on Cub Run Cave because our guide at the previous cave could not say enough about it. So off I went. The drive was beautiful through the Kentucky countryside. The leaves had mostly turned colour and fallen allowing one to see further without tree and leaf obstruction. It was also a beautiful sunny warm day but that wont matter since I'm underground. Cub Run Cave was first discovered in August 1950 by Kenneth Childress and his 16 year old cousin Rancel Logsdon. The cave was opened to the public shortly after discovery but closed a year later due to land disputes. It remained sealed for more than 50 years but reopened to the public in July 2006.

Cub Run Cave is a half-mile long with elevated wooden walkway which traverses through beautiful formations such as flow stone, cave bacon, cave coral, stalactites, stalagmites, and more.