Nashville, the Grand Ole Opry, and a mall

Sunday was our last day with MRG and her parents. We had so much fun I was ready to start heading home. We had booked a really neat hotel in Nashville and I was looking forward to laying in that king size bed and doing nothing. The 9 hour car trip sucked but the hotel made up for it. We had a beautiful room on the 10th floor corner. We rested for a bit then we decided to sight see a little. On a map Nashville looks like a huge sprawling city...its only about 10 miles across. We went over to see the Grand Ole Opry. The grounds are so beautiful! We went in a little museum there and saw some history, including an exact replica of Patsy Cline's den from back in the day. Then we walked across the stree because DWG had seen a Bass Pro Shop he wanted to go into. Inside the mall they had a huge sting ray petting tank. We walked for what felt like forever in a neat mall, some regular, some outlet stores. We went back to the hotel and had yummy chicken pot pies in the resturant and then ordered red velvet cake with room service. The next morning we went and toured backstage at the Opry. It was so neat to stand on the stage and see the dressing rooms. We learned that the giant mall was 1.2 million sq ft....wow! The drive home was less than fun, 12 hours. We are home now and super happy! We miss the nephews and niece but there's always next time! *auntie shall fly*