Wyoming

We are getting closer to home = we are in Laramie Wyoming. Feels and even looks like homeland with mountains and open spaces. I cannot call something only 3000 feet high a mtn. like they do in the east. They have no clue. After a while I also get that closed up feeling with all the greenery and folage. You drive down the road and cannot see more than 5 feet in from the road. I do like being able to see for miles. It will be good to be home again in 1-2 days.

Nashville and Beyond

Rachael flew in late last Wed night. We went downtown and had dinner at midnight. Thursday we wandered around downtown and went to the Country Music Hall of Fame. We spent about 3 hours going through all of the exhibits. That evening we went to the Rhyman theater to a Classic Country show (not sure how much Rachael enjoyed that music). Friday we drove over to Lynchburg and that evening went to the Grand Ole Opry (which was held at the Rhyman due to flooding at the "new" Opry house). Saturday morning she flew out. Roy and I went to a Nationwide NASCAR race outside of Nashville. Sunday was the Cowboy Church. This church broadcasts, the preacher is married to Johnny Cash's younger sister, who sang. Sunday afternoon we headed out. Spent the night outside of St. Louis. Today we are in Doniphan NE about 80 miles out of Lincoln NE. We are slowly moving home.

Nashville

We arrived yesterday in Nashville. You all recall the horrible flooding they had here. Everywhere you look, people are gutting lots of first floors of buildings. We are staying in a KOA that was completely under water. The owner told us she took a boat floating over the top of their shower house early in May. Wow. This 100+ lot KOA only has about 20 spaces open and no amenities. Fortunately, we do have power, water and sewer at our spot but no shower houses, etc. Rachael arrives tonight and we hope to go downtown and check out the country western scene at "The District" as it is called.

Second Week in Charlotte

This last week in Charlotte was a rainy one. Amazing that all of the races were on time except for the dirt track race. As the saying goes, it was spring racin' in Charlotte. We also went to two driver autograph sessions and got to speak for a while to Bryan Scott (from Boise, ID, driving in the Nationwide series and currently Rookie of the Year contender). We also visited Wood Brother's shop, who sponsors Bill Elliott's car. We went down to Speed Street, a street fair during the week whose theme is NASCAR. Friday we went to the largest hamburger feed inside the Charlotte track, sponsored by Coca Cola. After doing a 1 1/2 mile walk around the track, we ate hamburgers and chicken from a 1/4 mile long grill and drank Coke Zero. What a hoot! Monday we started driving towards Nashville TN where we will spend a few days. Rachael (daughter) is flying in on Wed and we are going to two performances at the Reiman Theater and visiting the Country Hall of Fame.