Nashville!

Ansley and I left Auburn around 5. We stopped to eat at cpk at the summit. Then she tried on clothes at Urban Outfitters until they closed at 9. Quick stop at Cheesecake Factory for cheesecake to go and we headed to Nashville. Thank you Mapquest for getting us there. We stayed at the Hampton Inn across from the Opryland Hotel. We got there around 12 midnt. Al, Jake. and Will were already there and asleep- rm 416. We were next door in 414. At 5:00am everyone's phones went off because of a flash flood alert. Parts of Nashville are closed and they are rescuing people from the flooding. At breakfast we wondered about The Basement where JV will play tonight- doesn't sound like a good place to be in a flood.:) During breakfast we were entertained by the breakfast lady. She gave EVERYONE a hug and a box of "love"- Hampton inn mints and then she BURST into singing "Ease on Down the Road." A possibility for a future job for JV if the music biz doesn't work out- need to have something to fall back on.

I told Ansley this trip will be well documented and not to complain about me taking pics. So far so good but it's only 10am. She's already doing her hair for tonight.

John Strohm texted me this AM and wanted to know what our plans are. We are meeting with the mgr of Never Shout Never at lunch- time and place to be "figured out." We will call John after lunch and meet him at his office. We plan to be at The Basement by 4:30 I think. All times are central. They play at 6 and dinner is afterwards at 8:15. That will give us time to meet everyone and pack up their equipment and get to the restaurant.

Ck out is at 11 here. Thanks for the nice rooms, dad. This is a nice Hampton!