Nov 21, 2009 Nashville

We arrived in Nashville about 3pm. The trip from Knoxville was casual. We arrived at Two Rivers RV about 3pm. We had a little surprise waiting for us in that The Crapper's battery was dead. Luckily a tow truck showed up gave us a jump. We bought a battery charger at "The Walmart" and the problem was history. I think I fixed the problem that caused the battery to die. We shall see.'

Speaking of Walmart, the people we saw in there were scary looking. Good lord why do they always congregate at "The Walmart"?

Before we left Raleigh we bought a seat belt restraint system for the dogs. It isn't safe allowing them to run around while The Love Boat is in motion. The first day they were miserable. Today they were a little less miserable. We might have to use the earplugs that we both at "The Walmart" while driving. The dogs don't like being restrained. Tough. Get over it. Neither do I.

We went to the Ryman Theatre for The Grand Ole Opry tonight. Here is the lineup of people that played:

Jimmy Dickens
Jimmy C. Newman
Holly Williams (Hank Williams' grand-daughter)
The Whites
Jack Greene
Ralph Stanley
Mike Snider
Ray Pillow
Charlie Daniels Band
Opry Square Dancers
Vince Gill
Connie Smith
The Lovell Sisters

This was a spectacular show. The Opry is always fun. This show was really good. The announcer introduced Ralph Stanley as Dr. Ralph Stanley. I was intrigued and researched the Dr designation when I got home. It turns out that he received an honorary doctorate in music from a small university. I guess he decided that he earned the title. The Lovell Sisters are young women about 18-22 years old. They have played on The Opry a few times in the past. They sang nicely but their stage presence needed some work. While they were playing they would swing widely from side to side. I thought they looked like they were using Weedeaters on stage. So now we call them the Weedeater Sisters.

Another notable thing that occurred during the show was a lady would run up the aisle during every song and photograph the person on stage. Our seats were on the aisle, center stage, 6 rows from the stage. These were excellent seats. Well this woman ran up the first time and Deb whispered to me that she had a mullet hairstyle. I looked and sure enough her hair was long in the back, about an inch on top, and it had a single huge curl at the top near the back. It was a classic mullet hairstyle. While she was walking by us to her seat we noticed that she was about 65 years old. Somebody forgot to tell her the 70s ended 30 years ago. She must be the queen of her trailer park.