Appalachian Adventure Day 9 Nashville

After a couple more runs on the Tail of the Dragon, we took off out of the mountains to Nashville. Our four-hour trip somehow ended up taking closer to six hours, but we pulled into town just in time for lunch at my brother's house.

As an added bonus, my dad and his wife were visiting from Iowa.

My sister-in-law put up a wonderful barbecue spread, (though at that point, anything not purchased from a restaurant would have tasted good). After lunch we took my nieces and nephew out to look at the bikes.

My nephew decided he wanted to go for a ride around the block. From the grin on his face, I think he's hooked for life!

Sean even got my dad on the back of our bike for a spin.

After family pictures,

we took off to check out Downtown Nashville.

There was plenty to see, from the original Grand Old Opry,

Ernest Tubb's Record Shop,

 to the blocks and blocks of honkey tonks with excellent live music.

Eventually we called it a night, and since we were parting ways with Jimmy and Cathy, we said good-bye and continued our journey toward home.

Fun facts

Low gas price: $3.07 in North Carolina
High gas price: $4.07 in North Carolina
Today was: Perfect
Miles day .5: 303
Miles day 1: 566
Miles day 2: 518
Miles day 3: 164
Miles day 4: 128
Miles day 5: 354
Miles day 6: 363
Miles day 7: 330
Miles day 8: 171
Miles day 9: 315