Scarlet's 2013 Adventures with Davidcito: October 15

The town of Nashville was founded by James Robertson, John Donelson and a party of Overmountain Men in 1779, near the original Cumberland settlement of Fort Nashborough. It was named for Francis Nash, the American Revolutionary War hero. Nashville quickly grew because of its strategic location, accessibility as a river port, and its later status as a major railroad center. In 1806, Nashville was incorporated as a city and became the county seat of Davidson County, Tennessee. In 1843, the city was named the permanent capital of the state of Tennessee.

As the city's name itself is a metonym for the country music industry, many popular tourist sites involve country music, including the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, Belcourt Theatre, and Ryman Auditorium. Ryman was home to the Grand Old Opry until 1974 when the show moved to the Grand Ole Opry House, 9 miles (14 km) east of downtown. The Opry plays there several times a week, except for an annual winter run at the Ryman.

Numerous music clubs and honky-tonk bars can be found in downtown Nashville, especially the area encompassing Lower Broadway, Second Avenue, and Printer's Alley which is often referred to as "the District".

Today we left Ft Lauderdale for the musical sounds of Nashville!

Flight on Southwest Air, Dave had organized ‘speedy boarding’ and so we were on first. Found our bags and organized the hire car. Found our Chrysler Town&Country with a Texas number plate BFY 4478 – Kez says, ‘Best Friends Y’all!’

Drove into Nashville downtown and checked in. Walked down to Broadway, found the boot shops and went for lunch at the Rock Bottom Brewery.

In the evening, we went looking and listening in honky tonk bars and shopped for boots. Ended up in the Sports Bar for burgers, and the server turned out to be from Skaneateles (a town in New York state which we visited when we were staying in Tully!). He was very surprised that we knew where it was!