Nashville trip report

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...I have wanted to go to Dolly world ever since they were on the food network. Can you believe they have 25 Lb desert pies

you really need to stay away from those BF

[swilshire]

Cheri (teachingherown from OY) picked us up promptly at 11. It was so good to see her again and she looked fabulous, like she had had a makeover or something. She had had her long straight hair cut & lightened and looked like a different person!! Just as sweet & thoughtful as always and of course we just took up where we let up and seemed like it was yesterday instead of 5 yrs ago.

We drove out to the middle of knowwhere to have lunch at the Loveless Cafe. The food was better than I remembered. Cheri had chicken salad, Kelli had meatloaf & I had fried chicken. All were just delicious and the sides were fabuloso!! Afterwards we were going to tour the former mansion of Barbara Mandrell's but we arrived to late and missed the last tour so instead we went to the cemetary to see where a lot of famous country stars were buried such as Hank Snow, Floyd Cramer, Bill Monroe & Keith Whitley. We had a dickens of a time finding Keith Whitley so Cheri & I split up. I saw a lot of really interesting tombstones with guitars, harleys, all shapes, but no Keith. I had wondered way away and here comes Cheri with the car saying she found it!! ( 10 ft away from where we originally parked) lol Someone had left a Elvis Presley guitar pick on his grave, who knows it could have been Elvis himself Very interesting.

After dropping us off we got some Mexican food and called it a night.

Catching up on some of your other trip reports, Shaggy. I am in Nashville from time to time and almost ventured to the Loveless Cafe on the last trip. It looked a bit far away from our airport area hotel, so I didn't make the trek. Maybe next time.

I was a big fan of Keith Whitley even before he went country and got famous. I think the last time I saw him in person was at the Down Home in Johnson City. Must have been the mid-70s. The death of someone so talented at such a young age was too tragic for words.

Sheila

[swilshire]

I have wanted to go to Dolly world ever since they were on the food network. Can you believe they have 25 Lb desert pies

I've been to Dolly World countless times and have never seen a 25 lb pie. Two of my kids worked there. DD for years and middle DS one Christmas only as the young shepherd in a show. His voice changed by the next season and he never got to go back. DH and youngest DS did a one day guest appearance during this year's bluegrass festival there. I was doing the math earlier today to decide if I want to renew our season passes for next year. We don't go too often, but they make them so cheap that we always wind up getting them.

Sheila

[swilshire]

Shaggy, did you post somewhere or did I see it somewhere else, that a day pass to Dollyworld is like $60, but a seasonal pass is only $80? We've never been to Nashville, but it is on the list and when I saw that posting somewhere, it caught my eye.

Lisa

That's about right. Was just looking at the pricing this morning. A day pass is $56 and a season pass is $86. Tax is added on top of those prices. If you want the gold pass with free parking and bigger food discounts (we always get just one) it's $122. The best deal is to go buy a season pass during the Christmas season. You can go for the rest of this year and to the end of next year on the one season pass.

Sheila