Posts from ‘September, 2009’

oilin’ in Florida would be more accurate but our state of mind is definitely chillin’. Our last bit of road weariness was accumulated a couple days ago as we raced down from Atlanta all the way to Tampa. Viewing the state of Georgia, with all its plantation history, slave labour history, emancipation history, [...]

People like to try to touch their toes in Nashville.
Some people just do it anyway.

7:30pm: The sun is peacefully setting over Jackson Lake, Tennessee.

8:06pm: The package arrives.
8:08pm: Leah hears the voices inside her head becoming louder and louder. Luckily for me, she unleashes all her maniacal tendencies on the package at hand.

8:12pm: The contents reveal sweet bliss and the voices are once more appeased.

8:29pm: As darkness descends into [...]

Nashville has treated us well. We visited some of the sights, did a bit of dancing, met some great musicians and heard some fabulous musicians, especially last night at 3rd and Lindsley. Most towns are dead on a Wednesday night, but Nashville’s music scene doesn’t seem to sleep. Or even rest. Unfortunately [...]

You can tell Tennessee is a pretty rich state purely from the size of people’s lawns. The music industry that keeps Nashville rolling seems to be alive and well.
Someone’s definitely making money because the largest lawns and the largest houses I have ever seen are here, and they are not yet for sale.
These are [...]

t’s a bad pun. We’re currently in Franklin, Tennesee for a couple of days waiting for Leah’s album to arrive via UPS from the distant land of Canada. So since we’re in Franklin, I can be frank. Yes, it was so bad it was worth repeating. This is an old town, for American [...]

We went out last night dancing at B.B King’s Blues Club and it was a blast! I know you’d like to see photographic evidence for this one but it doesn’t exist
We’ll be in Nashville for a couple days so stay posted, more photos and stories to come.

pon further reflection, I wasn’t being completely fair to the southern portion of Illinois in my last post. There are, indeed, some lovely aspects to the region. We camped at Giant City State Park and went for a couple short hikes within the confines of the park. It was humid, it was [...]

The first thing we encountered this morning were toothless hippies serving spiked coffee on the outskirts of Giant City Park. In a town called Anna, we found gas station pumps that suck air out of your tires and charge you 75 cents for the service. More toothless hippies were seen standing on the truck [...]

he whole of St. Louis, Missouri seems to smell like glue. Super strength, industrial, head-throbbing-odour glue. We figure it’s because the I-69 is closed and they are glueing it back together.
Last night was our big night on the town. We spent a total of $22. $10 went towards parking. $12 went [...]