These are Pics of inside the hotel. The entire place is under glass panels so these buildings are really inside the roof of the hotel. They have a boat ride around the center of the Delta Island area of the hotel. The white building in the last picture is the side of the restaurant where we had our great dinner.

The weather today is clear blue skies and low 70's. Marvelous.

Nashville and Opryland Hotel

We arrived in Nashville on Saturday afternoon after another 300 miles of blooming
Redbuds, Dogwoods, and Cherry Trees. Our campground is off of Music Valley Drive about a mile from the Opryland Hotel. If you have never been in this hotel I would recommend a visit. It has over 2700 rooms, a convention center, and numerous restaurants. the hotel itself covers 9 acres and with the grounds it is a total of 55 acres. We spent half a day walking around and having lunch. We returned last night for a marvelous dinner at The Old Hickory Steakhouse. Because we had a little time here in Nashville I also did a little deer hunting (Picture enclosed). Today we tour the area and head down town. "Life is Good" Bill and Eileen

Day 1 (4/18/2008)

We spent the past three days moving most of our worldly belongings from the house into our RV. I don't thing we will want for anything during the next 75 days.

We could not have asked for a better first day for our trip. The sky was super blue, the temperature in southwest Virginia was up to 87 degrees and Spring is in it's full glory in the Shenandoah Valley. We drove by thousands of Redbud trees in full bloom. It was a beautiful drive.

Tonight we are in Fort Chiswell Virginia. Today and tomorrow are "Boogie Days". These are days when we are just trying to get from Point A to Point B. Our first real stop is Nashville Tennessee. We will spend two full days in Nashville to get our fill country music.

A marvelous start to our trip.

We are ready to go!!

It is 3/24/2008 and I have opened this blog so we can document our journeys for those of you who want to share in our adventures. We will be departing from Long Valley on 4/18/2008 for our next trip out west.



We will be going through the central part of the U.S. until we reach Arizona, then we intend to head north all the way to Banff and Jasper Alberta Canada. We are expecting to visit at least 11 of our National Parks and will hopefully be able to do a few more. I hope you check in from time to time to see where we have been and share this journey with us.



It is a beautiful country and we are loving the opportunity we have to see it first hand.



Bill and Eileen