We're still in Nashville. Walked over to the State Museum from the hotel in the morning. Very interesting interactive museum. And quite. Pretty empty. We spent our time looking at the Civil War exhibits. It was interesting to get a slightly "southern" view of things. It was a nasty thing, either way you look at it.
Our next stop was Andrew Jackson's place, the Hermitage. This was the home and plantation that Jackson owned and built up during his life, and that his heirs kind of let fall into disrepair (economic changes and problems), and then was brought back before it had to be razed. Excellent docents in the mansion tour, lot of information around the grounds. The introductory video was directly from a PBS documentary I have seen. I guess when you find the best you use it.....
We finished up the day at the Nashville Sounds game. We arrived too late for the free t-shirts (sorry Leah), and it was typical minor league baseball. Lots of activities between innings, local advertisers, post game fireworks. The Sounds are a farm team of the Brewers, so we recognized a number of the players. It was a long game, as many are nowadays. Score was 3-3 at the end of nine, three hours and 15 minutes. Enough for me. Lots of little gets getting anxious for the fireworks, long ride back to the hotel, we hit the bricks. 9200 some odd people at the game, Sounds loose 6-3 in 11. Didn't see any game changers for the Crew either.
I mentioned long ride back to the hotel. There appears to be a ton of youth sport activities around here and of course it is Nashville. It is kind of hard to find a room last second, so if your coming you may want to plan a little in advance. Just a little heads up......
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