Day two continued

Day Two Continued - July 10, 2011

Howdy Cowgirls and Cowboys!  Hope everyone is having a rootin' tootin' day!  We certainly are and can't wait to share all of last night's antics with you, cause wooooo buddy, Nashville definitely showed us a good time!  Unfortunately after cliff jumping we had a pretty normal drive to Nashville.  Except for one character, a follower of Jesus, who we bumped into at the gas station. Robert was the lucky winner of three pamphlets advising him how to save himself, along with a "may the Lord bless ya son" (insert slow southern drawl).  

With the Lord's blessing and a full tank of gas we tackled the trek to Nashville!  The only pit stop we made was to capture the "Welcome to Tennessee" sign.  As we approached the border we saw a sign that said "Tennessee State Line" so we figured we'd better snap a photo there in case we missed the real sign.  Surprise, surprise, about half a mile up the road there was the "Welcome to..." sign.  If only Jeff Gordon wasn't driving we may have been able to stop but apparently he saw the checkered flag waving and kept on trucking along. Oh well!  Only a few hours later we arrived at our destination, the Embassy Suites! And oOoOo Mama it was nothing short of a suite!  This beautiful hotel containing an Omaha Steaks restaurant, huuuuuge seating area outside the lobby and a glass elevator was extremely welcoming!  We unpacked our lives- and I literally mean our lives, what else would 2 suit cases, 4 duffel bags, 2 backpacks, a laptop bag consist of for three people but their entire lives.

  After settling in and freshening up we headed downtown to see what Nashville was all about!  The shuttle service dropped us off right in the heart of the city and Nashville took us under its wing immediately!  We were ushered into Rippies, a petite bar with some live musical enjoyment!  During dinner we planned our attack: first stop Coyote Ugly!  Although we heard it's quite a dive, we had to make an appearance just to say we went.  There was a close call when being ID'ed....the bouncer didn't believe it was me!!!!! I jokingly asked if it looks like me and he replied with a stern no!  Thank god I had my BOA card! (For all you amateurs out there BOA stands for Bank of America! Duhh!) I gave him my best smile and whipped my hair back and he reluctantly let me in, suckerrr!  As we descended the stairs to my favorite movie (Coyote Ugly) we anticipated the worst.  It wasn't as bad as I expected it to be, I actually had a great time! But c'mon, when Jen, Rob and I are together you shouldn't expect anything less!  Fortunately, for my brother and my dignity, I didn't have enough drinks in me to bust out my dance moves on top of the bar. Let me tell ya, though, it was very tempting!  Even though Jen and I didn't join the scandalous clads atop the bar, Robert did!! Hahah just kidding! I bet I got a lot of you! Rob did join in on this game called "Shake, Shake, Pass".  Standing in a circle, Rob and his fellow drunks had to shake a can of mouth watering Pabst Blue Ribbon and pass it on.  When Jeffrita told them to stop, whoever was holding the can had to chug the beer.  Fingers crossed and camera ready I watched anxiously hoping that Robert would be the lucky contestant! Shake, shake, pass...shake, shake pass...shake, shake, pass...STOP! DING DING DING!!! Robert was our lucky winner!  Head back and throat open, he let that glorious liquid flow down his throat and his!  But after a big dinner, he was a tad full; not realizing the can wasn't completely empty he slammed it down on the bar and in a blink of an eye the girl next to him chugged the remaining beer! That's alright Rob, I remember my first beer too =]

Now honored Coyotes, we wandered are way over to the next stop, Tootsies!  Bright purple and music blasting it was kinda hard to pass up!  Tootsies has been around for over 50 years and used to be the home of Grand Ole Opry stars.  While on break from the Opry, stars would slip out the alley door of the Ryman Auditorium and, with a short walk, slipped in the alley door of Tootsie's where they could wet their whistles between Opry sets.  As Willie Nelson described the trek, "It's seventeen steps to Tootsie's--and thirty-four steps back." LoLz!  We were a tad sleepy when we got to Tootsies but the entertainment from the musicians and regulars woke us right back up!  We had the fortune of sitting next to a few winners at the bar.  One voluptuous woman must have  left her bra at Coyote Ugly and was too drunk to care.  During one of her killer ass dance-offs, we thought she was going to bust out a few classics but to our surprise one of those melons popped right out of the side of her shirt!  Without a care in the world she slipped that puppy right back in and went on her merry way.  Just as we thought we saw it all, we were blinded by another site.  We are still a little hazy on the details but father and daughter were either EXTREMELY close or we caught incest red handed! Needless to say, we soon moved onto our next stop.

After those legendary scenes it seemed appropriate to stumble into Legends Corner next door.  Once again there was a live band, this time with a violinist!  Sold!  Sold so much we even bought her three track CD!  Currently, it is playing and we gotta say, Olivia McPeek, we are slightly disappointed that there are no vocals! Ya could've at least warned us!  Wait a minute, let me take a few steps back!! SHE INCLUDED A SECRET TRACK!!  There is quite a bit of confusion though, this is definitely not her voice. I'm stumped!  Maybe we were the lucky winners who received the hidden bonus CD!  Muchas gracias for the excellent surprise!

Sorry for that tangent, it was a necessity that I shared the bonus material with everyone!  So, Legends Corner, absolute appropriate name.  This experience began with some liquid courage from J, she saw an opportunity and she ran at it like a bull to a matador.  I gotta say, it was a proud moment for me when Jen couldn't wait to get out on the dance floor to get her picture taken with Jeffery!  I was all for it!  She shimmied her booty on out there and started shaking it with Jeff just in time for the end of the song!  Talk about perfect timing!  To my misfortune, I missed the boat, Jeff disappeared before my photo opp!  No worries though because Brian C, the sleeping bassist appeared out of the wood works to sing Ring of Fire by Johnny Cash!  Oh, Brian, my no expression man!  He surprisingly did a great job but at the song's end he retreated to the back of the stage to continue what we believe was the tail end of his acid trip.  I guess he had a wee more kool aid at dinner than originally planned!    

After the rise and fall of Brian C we decided it was time to revisit Ruppies!  The band we had left hours before was still playing!! Our buddy playing the upright bass still donned a red t-shirt half covered by a pair of jean overalls and Elton John-esque sunglasses.  Our girl on the vocals and guitar was having a few issues with her hair.  But who can blame her, it was about 95 degrees, she had lights shinning on her all night and sported jeans with cowboy boots.  Anybodies hair would have been matted to their face.  And still the bassist and drummer looked like they showed up at the wrong place.  These rock n roll looking boys didn't quite fit the look of the hillbilly band.  All in all though they sounded great, so great that I got Kelsey's business card!  I love making new friends!  

After a few drinks, a few new friends and a few scarring moments we decided to call it quits and head on back to the hotel.  Best decision of the night: taking the shuttle downtown and a cab back uptown!  We paid the cabbie and swiped our way in.  Oops, second small hiccup...we couldn't get in!! Our room key wouldn't let us swipe to get into the lobby!  The front desk attendant came to our rescue and the doors opened letting the cool air conditioned slap us across the face like a cold piece of meat!  That's the last time we'll put our room key in a wallet next to a credit card!  Back in the room, I was a bit tipsy and ready to go for a dip!  Before taking the trip to the pool to find out it was closed, I figured I'd call the front desk and inquire about the pool hours.  The conversation went as follows:
Front Desk Guy: Good evening, front desk!
Drunk Steph: Hi, I was wondering what time your pool is open until??
FDG: I'm sorry ma'am but our facility does not have a pool.
DS: Oh. Ok =[
FDG: anything else I can do for you tonight?
DS: no thank you.
Jen: Steph, what did he say??
DS: THERE IS NO POOL IN THIS HOTEL!!

Lots and lots of laughter ensued after that. LoLzz!  There will be another post later tonight of today's events, sorry for the delay! Peace love and happiness, The  Nomads!