My husband and I stopped for breakfast at Jack's in Athens on Highway 72.
I ordered a single gravy and biscuit, as well as two peach pies, for later.
Hubby ordered the big breakfast.
We traveled to Madison to catch our ride at Gabe's.
We loaded onto the bus.
To our amazement, the seat where Hubby sat was broken, so we moved a few seats back.
We heard someone else say their seat was broken. We had a full bus and needed every seat.
The driver said I can run up the road and get a different bus.
There were still about six passengers missing, so our group leader said I would stay here while you and the other passengers went to get the other bus.
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| Ardmore Rest Area |
Our first stop was at the Ardmore, Tennessee, Rest Area.
After about an hour, we arrived at our destination (after getting turned around at the Opryland Hotel.
We finally arrived at the General Jackson loading dock. Our group leader went to get everyone's tickets.
There were two bus loads, one from Scottsboro and one from Madison.
Our bus group was going to the show and dinner at 1:30, while the first group's time was at 12:30.
Around 12 P.M., the General Jackson Showboat began traveling down the Cumberland River toward downtown Nashville.
Hubby and I sat outside where we enjoyed a virgin Pina Colada.
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| View of Nashville from the boat |
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| The Nissan Tennessee Titans Football Field view from the boat. |
I took pictures of the buildings downtown in Nashville and the Nissan Tennessee Titans Football Field.
On the bank of the Cumberland River, we saw Canada Geese and Kakaik's.
We also saw sites where the homeless lived. We saw lifts from people's homes and businesses leading down to the river below.
At 1:30 P.M., the second group walked to the dining room on deck one.
We enjoyed a buffet meal that consisted of chicken, BBQ, macaroni and cheese, carrots, salad, rolls, and apple pie.
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| BBQ, Chicken, Mac & Cheese, Carrots, roll, and Apple Pie |
We were entertained by music and songs from the Tennessee Legends.
Next, we loaded onto our buses and rode to the Opryland Hotel.
Several people from both buses rode the Gaylord Opryland boat inside the hotel.
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| The scene from the boat ride at the hotel. |
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| The waterfall at Opryland Hotel |
At the Bravo Gelato, I ordered an Oreo ice cream Waffle cone.
Hubby ordered a Mt Dew and a cookie.
Everyone had to be back on the bus at 5:30 P.M.
We began our journey home.
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| The Tennessean Travel Stop Fire Truck |
We stopped at The Tennessean Travel Stop, where several enjoyed a meal and others just bought snacks.
We ate our peach pies and drinks that we had brought with us.
On our ride home, we saw several rainbows and the sunset.
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| Sunset |
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| The Rainbow |
Everyone loaded into their vehicles and began their journey home.
We stopped at Krystal's and bought burgers and fries togo.
We stopped at several Dollar General Stores for Mt Dew.
There was a sale on drinks, and several of the smaller stores were out of stock.
We arrived home around 10 P.M.
Photos
9443-9451 @9:01 A.M. Ardmore Rest Area
9452-9457 10:33 A.M Opryland Hotel outside
9458-9464 @12:18 P.M. General Jackson
9468 @ 4:51 P.M. Opryland Hotel
690-720 General Jackson downtown Nashville
722-733 Hotel Boat Ride
9476-9481 @6:51 The Tennessean Travel Stop
9485-9472 Sunset and Rainbow @6:20-8:16 P.M.
