This last weekend, myself and a few of the lads I work with took advantage of the extra day off (Martin Luther King Day) and went for a road trip to the Tennessee to visit Nashville and Memphis. Friday we set off straight after work trying to get as far as we could towards Nashville so we didn't have to drive too far in the morning (445 mile drive), so we stopped the night at a cheap motel in Birmingham, AL. We were somewhat worried how the evening would turn out as driving in we saw some pretty aggressive road rage on the outskirts of the city and on arriving at the motel, a police car pulled up and arrested someone. Yup, nothing like a bit of crazy to add to the adventure! But once in the city itself, it turned out to be a nice place with friendly people.
Here are a few photos from the drive.
Back on the road the next day heading first towards Nashville we detoured via Lynchburg, to the Jack Daniels Whisky Distillery, which is in Moore County who have yet to vote against the prohibition laws so is still a "dry" county. The Distillery run a free tour of the whisky making process. It was interesting to see how this process worked even though I don't really care much for their whisky. Our tour guide showed us the fermenting mash which she encouraged us to sniff, I think this was more for her to laugh at us leaping backwards from the pungent yeasty smell with burnt nose hairs.
My favourite was the rocking chairs made out of barrels. And they were very comfortable.
Here are some photos of the visit.
Then on to Nashville for everything Country & Western. We found another "interesting" motel to stay at then popped into the city to hear some music and laugh at the odd cowboys strolling around. Also surprised at the number of people with massive beards!!
Here are a few snaps of Nashville, more to come in part II plus a video if I can work out how to post it!
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