This Nashville KOA is huge and has many amenities, especially a large heated pool. Yesterday the kids were begging to go swimming but we ran out of time so we decided to let them swim this morning. We hung out at the pool until about noon and then we packed up to leave for a long 6 hour drive to St. Louis, Missouri.
As we were leaving we realized that we forgot to go see the Grand Ole Opry Hotel right across the street, which our driver yesterday said is a must see. We pulled over to park at Cracker Barrel and walked across the street to the hotel. The hotel was beautiful, gigantic, and amazing. We even ran into Minnie Pearl from the good old country "Hee Ha" show. She was adorable.
In the center of the hotel there was an indoor atrium and river. Many rooms looked over the atrium and had beautiful balconies with incredible views.
The restaurant had an creative water fountain where the water jumped from one lily pad to another and a beautiful waterfall. Walking over the bridge to see the waterway there was many lovely boutiques. We had fun in the Brighton shop and a store called Lindsey Philps that makes these adorable interchangeable flip flops. They have Velcro on the straps so that the look of the shoe can be totally changed with a different strap.. . . . so fun . . . . I wanted them all!! Bummer that I’m not supposed to where flip flops because of my foot! L
We were all ravenous when we walked back to the car so we decided to try this famous southern Cracker Barrel Restaurant for some take out food. We were pleasantly surprised that it was a good down home country restaurant and store, not like an IHOP!! We just had the impression that since it was such a southern chain that it was like a Denny’s or the southern Waffle House. The store had beautiful old fashioned type gifts, toys, vintage clothing and home décor, and specialty foods & preserves. Outside as you enter the front doors, they have beautiful wooden rocking chairs lining the patio. Again we had too much fun in there. We ordered our food to go and the girls ordered breakfast pancakes with eggs and bacon, because they serve it all day. The food was delicious and very well priced. It quickly became the favorite restaurant of our group and now we are all hoping it comes to Santa Rosa.
We had a fun day but stayed a little longer than we wanted in Nashville and we had to drive 5 hours to St. Louis, Missouri. Oh well, I guess this is what this trip is all about, but it seems we still don’t have enough time to do everything that we want!!!
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