Repatriate some (lowres) pics from blogspot.com

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$44 and about 35 minutes later, we paid our respects to the many plaques and golden/platinum records that were on display. We also listened to some authentic recordings, and watched some oldskool video recordings from the early days of country music.
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We tried to call my buddy Chris D who recommended Nashville (which, hey, is only 170 miles detour for us), but he wasn't online or near a phone. We then commenced just making random decisions at intersections, and drove up and down town a fair bit. We were told that the Ryman auditorium was "historically cool since 1892", so we also looked at it. After looking, we bolted for the door and hauled ass out on 65 south destined for Birmingham, AL. We'll have some lunch there and drive through to New Orleans.
An important factoid: We seem to have lost a part of our Strumpf. His head is still sticking to the windshield, but unfortunately his torso and lower section have fallen victim to the elements. Please don't tell him this, but we do have a replacement Strumpf so we will not lose sleep over this.
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We were in Nashville, you know, the place to be according to Chris D, and after dwelling for a bit, we decided to take off south bound to New Orleans and see how far we'd get. Today we should have been touring one of the *villes (Knox or Nash), so we're actually on free time and it's vacation so we are all motivated to do something fun.
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We're driving on 65 south and Pauls attention is drawn towards a sign of the Jack Daniel's distillery. We think about for a little bit, and actually draw the conclusion that this isn't for us because Paul doesn't drink any alcohol and I shy away from american whiskey. But somehow we consider it compelling to go on a tour of the distillery none the less, and boy are we glad we did!
The drive was about 30mi east of 65 in a little town of Lynchburg TN. The town itself literally smells of whiskey while we rocked up to the visitors center. Turns out, the tour is free of charge - Paul and I figured that's probably because the whiskey is a little bit too expensive, but hey, we're not one to turn down a free tour. The guy was pleasant, jolly and full of whiskey tales. We visited the spring in which it all began - they don't really know where the water comes from, but they don't care becaue the 140 proof spirits will kill off everything anyway.