Thursday, January 8, 2015

Nashville gave us a sunny but brisk welcome!  Donna and I headed out of Carterville about 9:30, leaving Romeo watching from the living room window and us headed south.   Our escape route from winter was directly into colder temps (19 to 21 degrees all day) and snow flurries in Paducha and Nashville.

The Capitol Hotel was very welcoming, as there were only 11 check-ins that day, and they parked out luggage until the room was ready and we headed down the street (on foot...) to tour music city...   The bars and clubs were in full swing on Broadway, which fortunately was downhill and down wind from the hotel.   This was not an advantage when heading back in the late afternoon.

We stuck our heads in to a couple places, looking for food as well as a brew.  The Tin Roof had entertaining guys onstage so we listened to a couple tunes and then headed further down towards 2nd street where we found Margueritaville at 4th street.   Our corner seat gave us a nice spot for people watching and the waitress filled us in on restaurants and pubs for later in the day.


Next stop was the Johnny Cash Haul Museum, just down on 3rd street.  The gift shop had everything you would expect, from stickers and shirts to a custom motorcycle brightening up the front window.   We went on into the museum, looking at the memorablia.   Shirts, hats, guitars, June Carter Cash's dresses, awards and movie posters.  

There are two screens there.  The first we watched a 30 minute documentary of Johnny's movie and TV appearances.  Lots of things I hadn't seen before.  He had a pretty successful screen career in addition to his music.  The other screen was playing his tribute to the American flag.   Always a favorite.

Next on out tour was a walk up 2nd Avenue with more pubs and clubs.  This section didn't have as many venues open with entertainment this early in the day.  We decided to head to Painter's Alley and stopped at the tourism office to check out bus tours.   That will be this afternoon when we are going to spend a few hours in a nice warm vehicle, picking us up right here at the hotel.
We ended our afternoon with a review of the menu at Dana's with a plan to get there this evening.   The last few blocks back to the hotel was painful...  Temperatures continued to fall and the wind continued to pick up.  We struggled uphill and into the lobby, deciding to order dinner delivered to the room.   
Nashville is plenty colorful, but single digit temps really hinder enjoying as much of the scene as we had hoped.  Will recap after today, and hopefully more photos.

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Sunday, January 4, 2015

Getting ready for the next adventure

Thinking about how to begin.

FL Travel Plans

Happy New Year!

Lots has gone on in the past month...   Most importantly, we have planned a 2+ month tour of the southeast and all of Florida.  

Details posted soon,

Jeff

Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Vegas / Yosemite loop, with options

Revised Route: Assuming that Yosemite is snowed under and we stick to lower elevations -

Change of plans

Well,,, Donna went into health clinic to discover that she has pneumonia...  Canceled the RV trip but hope to re-do when the weather warms.   Now the plan is to get her to fly to Vegas in two weeks to meet me there.   Will keep you posted.

Sunday, November 9, 2014

Here's our RV agenda!



Should be about 1,200 miles in 7 days.   Forecast is sunny but cold.   Looking forward to the adventure.   It is now noon on Saturday.   Going to run to town for final items, load the car and then go out to dinner.


Jeff Kurtz, Kurtzinpa 2014 BMW Motorcycle Travel Calendar (BMW MOA),
Weather
Sun Nov 9, 2014
All day Forecast for 17967 (56° | 30°)
Sun Nov 9, 2014 - Mon Nov 10, 2014
Calendar: Weather: 17967
Mon Nov 10, 2014
All day arrive edwardsville
Mon Nov 10, 2014 - Tue Nov 11, 2014
All day Forecast for 17967 (61° | 36°)
Mon Nov 10, 2014 - Tue Nov 11, 2014
Calendar: Weather: 17967
All day pick up RV Roxanna
Mon Nov 10, 2014 - Tue Nov 11, 2014
All day Srive to Camelot Poplar bluff
Mon Nov 10, 2014 - Tue Nov 11, 2014
Tue Nov 11, 2014
All day all day Camelot
Tue Nov 11, 2014 - Wed Nov 12, 2014
All day Forecast for 17967 (63° | 50°)
Tue Nov 11, 2014 - Wed Nov 12, 2014
Calendar: Weather: 17967
Wed Nov 12, 2014
All day drive to Bull Shoals
Wed Nov 12, 2014 - Thu Nov 13, 2014
All day Forecast for 17967 (61° | 34°)
Wed Nov 12, 2014 - Thu Nov 13, 2014
Calendar: Weather: 17967
Thu Nov 13, 2014
All day Drive to Oark for lunch
Thu Nov 13, 2014 - Fri Nov 14, 2014
1pm - 2pm drive to Lake Hamilton
Fri Nov 14, 2014
All day Creater of Diamonds State Park?
Fri Nov 14, 2014 - Sat Nov 15, 2014
All day Drive to Talihina OK
Fri Nov 14, 2014 - Sat Nov 15, 2014

Saturday, November 8, 2014

Packing day

Saturday.  Two days till adventure.  Romeo to groomer.  Last post office run.  Stocked up on wine and cash.  Went thru all the checklists.  Remarkable that it doesn't look as bad as Chevy Chase's movie...   Only thing we need yet are Folger's Singles...   Load the car tomorrow and take the afternoon off.   Seems to have gone well.

More to follow...

Things to contend with:  Temperatures next week falling into the 40's.  End of week could include "Wintry mix."    Weren't we going to be in Texas before that?

:)