Thanksgiving in Nashville

Well, Thanksgiving Day itself (Thursday) was spent with Bennie and Vida, and Pete and Kari and their mob. We ate Turkey, and had a good time.

Friday, we dropped Maggie off at PetSmart Hotel, then carried on out to Music City (that's Nashville). We stayed at the Opryland Hotel. According to the guy who brought us room service one night, it is the second biggest hotel in the world... Wikipedia says its just the largest non-casino Hotel in the USA. Regardless, it is huge, and very impressive. And it was all decked out for Christmas, since the Christmas season officially starts here the day after Thanksgiving. There we met Kevin, Theresa and Zoe Boggs. Kevin was a PostDoc with me years ago and Theresa worked with Pennie. Zoe is Callum's age. We have had vacations with them before, and now they live back in Memphis, after a few years in Florida.

Here are the kids in our room:



That night, we wandered around the hotel. Did I say it was HUGE? It has a river in it, with waterfalls...



If I said we did not get lost, I'd be lying. But the kids did find the waterfall.



More later... stay tuned for Part II!