.... I wanted to finish day 7's blog,

As I wrote before, day 7, Saturday, we were feeling perky and scheduled a number of tourist activities.

- We took a Grey Line Tour of Nashville, the highlight was visiting the Country Music Hall of Fame and we got done with that about 1 pm.

- We stopped at a Cracker Barrel for lunch... our first full meal in 3 days.

- We purchased Grand Ole Opry tickets online the night before and attended the 7 pm show... which was great!

... at the end of the day, we were feeling about 90%...

So ends day 7,

Day 8,

Today we left Nashville to drive to Lake Ridge RV Resort in Hillsville VA, a 410 mile drive... which we did and I'm tired... it's been a long day. Trudy is a really good driving companion, she stays awake 98% of the time, which helps me passing the time. Tonight we both have saddle sores from sitting all day Dale on the other hand is still wondering what we are doing... he is more relaxed now... he is being pampered a lot so he is OK with the trip.

Today's driving covered some nice scenery as we passed through East Tennessee and into Virginia.

We did stop for Krystal mini-burgers (we hope to also find a White Castle during the trip.)

Tomorrow, day 9, is our final drive to get to Washington D.C., where we will stay for about two weeks.

That's it for tonight... as I said earlier it has been a long day...

Dale, Trudy, and Doug