St. Louis & Nashville

On the drive from Minnesota to St. Louis

we encountered some bad weather.

Only while I was driving, of course.

At one point I was down to 40 mph

on the interstate.

I had very white knuckles

as Matt convinced me to pass a snow plow.

When I pulled off the interstate to let Matt take over

the weather cleared and it was smooth sailing

all the way to St. Louis.

Go figure.

St. Louis was nice.

We stayed at a hotel

right next to the Gateway Arch.

The next day we drove to Nashville, TN.

On the way, we accidentally booked

a hotel that doesn't take dogs.

Sorry, Lucy.

She had to go to a Nashville boarding facility

and make friends with some

country dogs for the night.

We saw a little more action in Nashville

with the Grand Ole Opry at Ryman.

We got to see...

Little Jimmy Dickens

John Anderson

Diamond Rio

and some blue grass artists.

After the show, we did a little bar hopping.
We had some tequila at Margaritaville,
bull riding at Cadillac Ranch,
and bar dancing at Coyote Ugly.

I can't quite figure out why my head hurt
so badly the following day.
It must have been the loud music at the Opry.