We Rocked!!

Nashville, TN...... Opryland Hotel..... Jack Daniels Saloon.....Jamie Groom and the Catfish Johnston Band.....The Fuse......too much fun!

Like most everything we do on the fly, Rich and I drove to Nashville on a wing and a prayer that we could get a room at the Opryland Hotel! After standing in an enormous line at the registration area, one military discount later - we were standing on the balcony of our room overlooking the Garden Conservatory! Beautiful!! I love that hotel!! We walked around for a while taking pictures and plotting our night. Just across the way was the Jack Daniels Saloon.... we are there! Now, Rich and I are bar-folks; meaning we typically sit at the bar and have our dinner and drinks because it's usually the best seat in the house! Our bartender was wonderful and loads of fun. We met & partied with many equally awesome people and had a few Flat Tires! The band was rocking and we were dancing! Our bartender told the band that Rich was heading to the Sandbox; they played a song just for us and so many people came up and thanked Rich for his service. Our dinner and drinks were even paid for by other patrons. Not what we had anticipated but we were so touched! Somewhere between 2:30-3:30am we made it back to our room and sleep! We woke up feeling like we had been smoking and screaming all night - our throats were raw! Since we don't smoke we can't say we didn't scream in song and fun at some point! We woke up and headed home to rest up! Rich drank a couple of Bloody Mary's to 'right' himself and I laid on the couch out of sheer exhaustion!

It was THE BEST time! We will always remember the feeling of complete abandon and freedom that we felt dancing around, singing along and meeting new people and celebrating US! All we could say coming home yesterday was "Wow", just that!

Wow!