What a great day in the city. Nashville is such a big city. Lots of history, music and things to do. Today was a bucket day for our son John. Johnny Cash has been a favorite of his since he was a kid. He and Angela danced to "Ring of Fire" at their wedding. So first stop, the Johnny Cash museum. This was a well thought out, excellent museum with lots of music, video, stories and artifacts about Johnny's life. The grand kids even enjoyed it for almost an hour. We got to try our hand at music mixing using a sound board, read about his childhood, his struggle and triumph over drugs and his conversion to Christianity. 
Our next stop was to a store called Goo Goo Cluster chocolates. This is where we will have dessert before lunch. The is a Nashville thing. This candy has been around since 1912 and promotes itself as the first combination confection in the nation. In the early days it was marketed as a meal. Poor workers can buy it for 5 cents at lunch to give them energy for the rest of the day. Of course, we had to try the Goo Goo Cluster AND the ice cream. Too much food.
We walked to a street called Broadway and that is where all the bars and restaurants with live music are one right after the other, literally. Music can be heard on the street as you walk. Our grand daughter River thought it was too loud, and at some of the venues it was too loud. Just in case you don't know, the music is country music, all kinds of country music. It is a unique place, something John and I have never seen before. Somebody mentioned that it is known as NashVegas. I can see that with their neon lights. It kinda looks like the Las Vegas strip at night.
If we can add two more activities to this day, we will and we did. We traveled back to the condo and got ready to swim. This is an activity we all like. The heat is tolerable if you are in water and the kids of course loved it. Watch the slo-mo film. Lots of fun.
We ended the day with food...we went to Pucketts's Grocery restaurant. This restaurant was recommended to us from people in South Carolina and friends that I know in California that just went. It has live music and a great menu for all ages and a reasonable price. 
After dinner, Grandpa, Grandma and the kids dropped the parents off on Broadway for their date night. We took the kids shopping at Walmart (Grandpa gave them each $10.00) so we spent over an hour "shopping," in a Nashville Walmart. Eventually they found something they each wanted. We finally got the kids to bed at 10:30 pm. What a day.
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