Jab's Southern Tiki Road Trip - pictures added - Other Events

I ikitnrev Tiki Socialite D.C. / Virginia Joined: Jul 27, 2002 Posts: 1325	I ikitnrev Posted posted on Tue, Aug 16, 2005 2:49 PM I'm with tikibars - if you go to Cave City, you should also try to take at least one of the Mammoth Cave tours - especially if you have never been in a big cave before. A visit to the old Ryman Auditorium - the home of the original Opry, is recommended when in Nashville. It is just a few blocks from the Hall of Fame, and I think you can do some quick self-guided tours. They have some neat old Nudie suits on display there. Also definitely spend at least 5 minutes at the Hatch Show Print place, which has way more character in its small space than the entire Country music hall of fame. After the Omni Hut, go back into Nashville and stop in for a beer at Roberts Western Wear, a country bar on lower Broadway, to hear some live country music. It is the former home of BR-549, and the bands there play country with the old 50's/60's sound. You know you're in the right place when you walk in and you see a wall of cowboy boots for sale. I was in Nashville about a year and a half ago, and ended up spending three nights at this place. If you love fiddle playing, and a band name BrazilBilly is there, definitely pay a visit. South of Rock City, in Summerville, Georgia, is folk artist Howard Finster's Paradise Garden, which I believe is still open for tourists. Vern

I'm with tikibars - if you go to Cave City, you should also try to take at least one of the Mammoth Cave tours - especially if you have never been in a big cave before.

A visit to the old Ryman Auditorium - the home of the original Opry, is recommended when in Nashville. It is just a few blocks from the Hall of Fame, and I think you can do some quick self-guided tours. They have some neat old Nudie suits on display there. Also definitely spend at least 5 minutes at the Hatch Show Print place, which has way more character in its small space than the entire Country music hall of fame.

After the Omni Hut, go back into Nashville and stop in for a beer at Roberts Western Wear, a country bar on lower Broadway, to hear some live country music. It is the former home of BR-549, and the bands there play country with the old 50's/60's sound. You know you're in the right place when you walk in and you see a wall of cowboy boots for sale. I was in Nashville about a year and a half ago, and ended up spending three nights at this place. If you love fiddle playing, and a band name BrazilBilly is there, definitely pay a visit.

South of Rock City, in Summerville, Georgia, is folk artist Howard Finster's Paradise Garden, which I believe is still open for tourists.

Vern

Post #180094 by ikitnrev on Tue, Aug 16, 2005 2:49 PM