We had a fun weekend with Shelley in town! Unfortunately it rained the ENTIRE weekend, but we made the best of our time. Some highlights of the weekend:
* Exploring the Opryland hotel with Shelley, complete with a boat ride around the atrium.
* Shelley got to experience life in the inferno first hand. It was too cold for carpenter bees to be out, but she did get to see how we deal with flooding when it rains hard, as it did every day she was here. Fortunately we were able to show her where we are moving, so she will still want to come back and visit!
* An evening at the Grand Ole Opry. We had a blast! The show itself is definitely geared more towards the older crowd, but we enjoyed ourselves. The GOO is an event that everyone should experience, at least once.
* Spending Saturday morning exploring Andrew Jackson's plantation. It was like stepping back in time, complete with characters dressed in period costumes.
* Boot shopping! Will, Shelley, and I took advantage of a "Buy One, Get 2 pairs Free" deal. We all got new boots to wear honky tonking on Saturday night.
* Honky tonking at the bars along Broadway. It was my first official time going out to the honky tonks, and Shelley had never been either. We had such a blast, despite the rain. It is so fun to be able to bar hop and see live music at every bar. Shelley and I also had to take a shot every time we saw a Canadian tuxedo (denim jean jacket worn with denim jeans). The night started strong- 3 shots at the first 3 bars, but luckily we didn't see any more at any of the bars that followed.
* This pic of Shelley was taken at Trailer Park Resort. This bar is a riot! There are old parked cars in there that people literally stand and dance on. The floor is made of astroturf, and they use outdoor plastic patio furniture instead of regular tables and chairs. It's a real classy joint.
* Coming home from the bars to a power outage in the apartment, and proceding to try to eat the contents of our fridge in the dark, so the food didn't go bad. This was hilarious to us for some reason. We found out the next morning that the power outage was due to a car accident, not the weather.
All in all, a great weekend. It was so fun to take Shelley around and show her our new town. After spending Saturday night downtown, we are even more excited to be moving closer to the action. Just a couple more weeks!
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