Greystone Greetings after an 11-hour, 680-mile drive back from Bronwyn Manor, a drive which had its moments. We rolled out of Brentwood a few minutes behind Dr Brado, who was working the 0600-1400 shift today, and dropped ChiGirl at BNA for her flight back to snowy Midway. As we crossed the Tuthill Plateau between Nashville and Knoxville, there was a ten-mile stretch where the snow stuck to the roads and caused a few spinouts. The V-Van rolled on thru at 50mph and soon was back up to 72, knifing thru heavy snow squalls for much of the trip. Fortunately the strong winds ushering in the colder air were behind us, and the cold air petered out (as it often does) shy of Tidewater VA.
Saturday eve I ventured out with Caroline and several of her friends to a place that featured pool tables and, more to the point, ping-pong tables. After about an hour of singles and doubles play, we met up with Dr Brado and Holly down at The Stage on Broadway, a famous country music bar that was jammed with folks enjoying a great country-rock band. Afterwards we walked over to the famous Ernest Tubb's Record Shop and I bought a couple discs, introducing C to the pleasures of old-skool country artist Vern Gosdin on the ride home.
On Sunday we all went to the 0945 service at Brentwood UMC and then headed down to the traditional lunch at Dotson's in Franklin for home-style Southern cooking at its finest -- save for what was whumped up back at Bronwyn Manor. After Holly's lassagna Sat eve, M made a big barbeque feast for Sunday night, making pulled-pork BBQ with baked beans and scratch potato salad to die for. The caramel cake was divided up without fisticuffs and became nothing but a sweet memory. I have ballooned back to cruise-ship proportions.
Brady Ben and I shared some mutual snooze time Sunday afternoon, with me giving him a bottle as both of us nodded in and out of consicousness. Caroline has posted some more great weekend pix at
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It was a wonderful visit. Just 16 days 'til Rew & Corleyn arrive start tthe C'mas fun.
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