Our friends lent us a car for spring break so we're off to Nashville, Tennessee. Home of country music and the great wild west. It's not far from here, about 5 hours by car. I've made a bluegrass playlist for the ride but I guess we ought to tune into the country radio stations Nashville is so famous for. We're staying with friends who play in a bluegrass band. They have a couple of gigs while we're there, something to look forward to.
I've been learning a bit about the history of Nashville. I know it for its country music claim to fame. It's just on the other side of the Appalachian Mountains so it was considered 'west' compared to the over-crowded Eastern settlements - NYC, Boston,
Virginia, Maryland, etc. There was a big uproar between the 'whites' and the Cherokees when the whites started to settle. The 7th, 11th, and 17th presidents came from Nashville. The 7th - Andrew Jackson - made his money because as a young public prosecutor, he was paid in land claims. He played a big part in the Civil War. AND he married a lady who hadn't yet divorced her first husband. I'm sure to learn more during our visit.
Maybe we'll stop in at the Smokey Mountains for a day tramp on the way(ish) home. All posts this week following this one have been pre-written as I'm not sure how much time I'll have at a computer. Happy Spring!
tramp = hike
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